The royal blood. Polish descendants of Sigismund I the Old and Katarzyna Telniczanka in the old Polish times

Author(s): Zbigniew Anusik / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2018

The research undertaken by the Author concentrates on Polish descendants of Regina, the elder of two daughters of King Sigismund I the Old and his long time mistress – Katarzyna Telniczanka. Until now, it was assumed that the last descendants of the king were his great-grandsons – Władysław Strasz of Białaczów and his sister Krystyna who lived in the first half of the 17th century. Thanks to the documents found by the Author, it was possible to establish that the mother of the above-mentioned Władysław and Krystyna – Urszula Strasz née Kreza, had a sister – Zofia, who married Baltazar Lutomirski. From her daughter, Zofia née Lutomirska 1st married Stanisław Trembiński (Trębiński), 2nd married Franciszek Szamowski, come all descendants of Sigismund I the Old and Katarzyna Telniczanka, both historical and living ones. The article presents a list of all the king’s descendants from the beginning of the 16th to the turn of the 18th and 19th century. In total, it was a number of 114 people (58 men and 56 women). It is worth noting that until the end of the first quarter of the 17th century, the descendants of Sigismund I and Katarzyna Telniczanka were Calvinists. They were almost exclusively representatives of wealthy and middle-class nobles. There were no senators among them and only a few were land officers. Yet, the Author’s list of the descendants of the penultimate Jagiellon on the Polish throne is by no means complete. In a few cases it was impossible to find source materials that would confirm whether a married couple mentioned in the article had children. Many times the Author had to underline that the fate of a certain person is unknown to him. This stands a chance for further researchers to fill that gap.

Between facts and panegyrics. Tracing the youth and peregrinations of Hieronim, Jan and Stanisław Łaski

Author(s): Marcin Janakowski / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2018

Research interest in the Łaski family of Korab coat of arms resulted in an array of interesting works and several times more postulates and research queries. Studies from the turn of the 19th and 20th century need to be updated and completed. This concerns both the factual issues and interpretational ones. In his article the author undertakes to accomplish these postulates in relation to the period of education and peregrinations of three representatives of the family from Łask: Hieronim, Jan and Stanisław, sons of Jarosław and Zuzanna of Bąkowa Góra and nephews of chancellor and primate Jan Łaski. Apart from reconstructing some events, the author reinterpreted the preserved source material and juxtaposed the results with the previous state of research. This resulted in identifying some inaccuracies reproduced for decades or statements unconfirmed by any sources which are deep rooted in the historiography.

A report on the promotion of the book Krystyna Śreniowska. Moje życie, Łódź, June 20, 2018

Author(s): Małgorzata Karkocha / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2018

Союз Благоденствия как «партия нового типа» коннотации в монографии М. В. Нечкиной...)

Author(s): Evgenii Vladimirovich Kamenev / Language(s): Russian Issue: 2 (179)/2019

The connotative semiotic level of M. V. Nechkina’s monograph The Decembrist Movement (1955), which was not previously the subject of a special historiographical analysis, is investigated. The analysis of the Soviet historian’s text revealed that it is built on the principle of multilevel semantics: besides the literal meaning, there is also the culturally-based one. Culturally-based content was formed due to the very form of narration. M. V. Nechkina described the organizational structure of the Union of Prosperity within the official discourse about Russian revolution and the history of the Bolshevik Party. The discourse used by the monograph’s author provided the actualization of official Soviet ideologemes in the text and set up the mechanism of intertextual connections. The immersion of the Soviet historian’s narrative into this cultural context ensured the inclusion of secondary meanings in it. By referring to the precedent texts of the Soviet era M. V. Nechkina indicated that the organizational structure of the Union of Prosperity corresponded to the Bolshevik Party structure. These parallels had an important interpretational significance – due to them the Decembrists were interpreted as real revolutionaries. The study of connotative meanings in M. V. Nechkina’s monograph is essential for understanding the mechanism of formation of the Decembrists’ Soviet image on the basis of the combination of scientific and cultural codes. Key words: historiography of the Decembrists movement; M. V. Nechkina; connotative meanings; semiotics

Современные проблемы историографии экологического туризма

Author(s): Aleksandr Osipov / Language(s): Russian Issue: 2 (179)/2019

The article focuses on the key issues of ecotourism putting the emphasis on the studies of the European, American and Australian scholars that could be explained by a higher level of conceptualization of ecotourism in foreign historiography. The main issues of the article are terminology, social-economic and image aspects of ecotourism. Some national parks of Finland and the Republic of Karelia are presented as an illustration of some of the issues concerned. Analysis of contemporary scientific literature demonstrates disputable and ambiguous character of the term “ecotourism” and various approaches to the interpretation of this topic. The article contains the data about the first appearance and utilization of this term in Russia and abroad; it also expounds some economic models, which allow to estimate ecotourism impact to local economy. The majority of researchers stress insufficient involvement of local communities into the functioning of ecotourism and overestimated expectations of local authorities from this process in spite of growing commercialization of nature protected areas. The important role of ecotourism is to construct nature images, which could become national landscapes and ways of national self-identification, as it occurs in Finland. Key words: ecotourism, Finland, Karelia, national park, Paanajärvi, self-identification

ИСТОЧНИКИ ДЛЯ ИЗУЧЕНИЯ ГРАМОТНОСТИ КРЕСТЬЯНСКИХ ДОЛЖНОСТНЫХ ЛИЦ В КОМИ КРАЕ В ПОСЛЕДНЕЙ ЧЕТВЕРТИ XIX ВЕКА

Author(s): Sergey Popov / Language(s): Russian Issue: 2 (179)/2019

Scientific works that deal with the analysis of sources for studying the development of literacy and the Russian language skills in northern villages of the pre-revolutionary period is a rare phenomenon in modern historical science. It is explained by a limited number of documents containing exhaustive data on these aspects. The materials allowing to study the allocated subjects contain specific information on rather narrow issues. These include the lists of officials of the Ust-Sysolsky district volost boards. They were the response of the peasant administration to the received order of the district police department and fall into the category of the office work documentation. The study focuses on the analysis of these lists as historical sources. It reveals pluses and minuses of the materials and shows their uniqueness consisting in an opportunity to discuss not only the level of the villagers’ literacy, but also the levels of the Russian language proficiency of the local administration members in the region where the Komi population prevailed. The individual approach of the author to drawing up the document is revealed, which was reflected both in the form of material presentation in a source, and in the contents. As a result, the information recorded in them differs in informational content and the criteria for evaluating the literacy level and language proficiency of the officials. Key words: historical source, Komi region, peasants, officials, literacy, low-literacy, knowledge of Russian

Archaeologists from Lvov in the formation of European intellectual environment of the middle of XIX – first quarter of XX century (interaction direct and indirect)

Author(s): Natalia Bulyk / Language(s): English Issue: 31/2016

Rozwój nauki nie jest możliwy bez współpracy, wymiany doświadczeń, a nawet przyjaźni między badaczami. Archeologia, która w XIX wieku przeszła długą drogę od hobby do dyscypliny naukowej, nie była pod tym względem wyjątkiem. Jak zauważył J. Pasternak na łamach „Archeologii Ukrainy”, w połowie XIX wieku na Ukrainie działały trzy główne ośrodki archeologiczne – lwowski, kijowski i odesski (Pasternak 1961: 18). W przeciwieństwie do Kijowa i Odessy, Lwów był częścią Cesarstwa Austriackiego, archeologia rozwijała się więc tam podobnie jak w innym ośrodku naukowym Galicji, tj. w Krakowie. Specyfiką Lwowa było współistnienie zarówno ukraińskich jak i polskich ośrodków archeologicznych. Celem autorki jest poszukiwanie aktywności archeologów lwowskich w tworzeniu europejskiej przestrzeni intelektualnej. Analiza dokumentów pozwala stwierdzić, że archeolodzy lwowscy współpracowali z uczonymi z niemal całej Europy (szczególne stosunki łączyły ich z badaczami z Krakowa). Ponadto należy zauważyć, że relacje te pojawiły się nie tylko między instytucjami, ale również na poziomie stosunków osobistych.

Един достоен юбилей. Проф. Добрин Мичев на 70 години

Author(s): Trendafil Atanasov Mitev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/1999

Една брошура от 1914 година

Author(s): Anastasija Nikolaeva Pashova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

O VECHE COLECŢIE DE MONEDE MEDIEVALE ROMÂNEŞTI ÎN LUMINA DOCUMENTELOR DIN ARHIVE

Author(s): Aurelia Duțu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 4/2018

Based on the documents preserved in the National Archives of Romania, the author presents information about an old collection of medieval coins, formed to the end of the 19th century. The collection, consisting of 1644 medieval coins issued by Moldavia, Wallachia and Transylvania, was bought by Romania from the collector K.F. Nuber in 1906. In the same year the numismatic collection was given to the Romanian Academy.

O POSJETI ŠPIONICI I ČEKANIĆIMA SELIMA IZMEĐU SREBRENIKA I GRAČANICE

Author(s): Thomas J. Butler / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2018

During my wanderings and tours of the beautiful hills and valleys of northeastern Bosnia, in the area boarded by rivers Spreča, Bosna and Tinja, I noticed that the former periods of Bosnian culture still live […]

O POSJETI ŠPIONICI I ČEKANIĆIMA SELIMA IZMEĐU SREBRENIKA I GRAČANICE

Author(s): Thomas J. Butler / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 4/2018

Za vrijeme mojih lutanja i obilazaka prekrasnih brda i dolina sjeveroistočne Bosne, u prostoru ograničenom rijekama Spreča, Bosna i Tinja, primijetio sam, kako prijeđašnji periodi bosanske kulture žive još uvijek u toponimima ovih krajeva i […]

ŠEJH SINAN-BABA I POBRO

Author(s): Edin Mutapčić / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2018

Famous people from Srebrenik’s history Today, we can conclude with sadness that a significant part of Srebrenik’s history, in a certain way due to the lack of resources, has been lost forever. However, the situation […]

ŠEJH SINAN-BABA I POBRO

Author(s): Edin Mutapčić / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 4/2018

ZNAMENITE LIČNOSTI IZ SREBRENIČKE HISTORIOGRAFIJE Danas sa žalošću možemo konstatovati da je značajan dio srebreničke historije, na određen način usljed nedostatka izvora zauvijek izgubljen. Međutim, stanje je još gore kada su u pitanju ljudi koji […]

Nieznana recenzja książki Aleksandra Bocheńskiego Dzieje głupoty w Polsce. Pamflety dziejopisarskie autorstwa Jana Stanisława Łosia. Źródło do recepcji publicystyki Aleksandra Bocheńskiego oraz koncepcji realizmu politycznego

Author(s): Ariel Orzełek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2019

Aleksander Bocheński był jednym z najważniejszych realistów politycznych okresu powojennego, opierającym swoje refleksje na analizie geopolitycznego położenia narodu polskiego, jego potencjału oraz potencjału państw sąsiednich oraz historycznych analogiach. Postulował działanie na rzecz budowy siły wewnętrznej narodu przy niezadrażnianiu stosunków ze Związkiem Sowieckim. Egzemplifikacją jego fundamentu politycznego były „Dzieje głupoty w Polsce. Pamflety dziejopisarskie”. Przechowywana w Archiwum Państwowym w Lublinie, w zespole Archiwum Łosiów z Niemiec, pod sygnaturą 484 nieopublikowana recenzja tej książki, autorstwa Jana Stanisława Łosia, stanowi istotne źródło do dziejów polskiej myśli politycznej w okresie powojennym, zwłaszcza w kontekście recepcji koncepcji realizmu politycznego, w tym tych formułowanych przez Bocheńskiego. Jej autor był wybitnym historykiem starożytności, w okresie międzywojennym zajmującym się również polityką wschodnią w aspekcie zarówno praktycznym, jak i teoretycznym, jako autor szeregu tekstów nt. kwestii ukraińskiej, w tym napisanej wspólnie z Bocheńskim i Włodzimierzem Bączkowskim pracy „Problem polsko-ukraiński w Ziemi Czerwieńskiej”. Jego recenzja „Dziejów głupoty” wyróżnia się na tle innych tekstów dotyczących tej publikacji pełną afirmacją tez autora przy jednoczesnym snuciu własnych koncepcji w obrębie nurtu realizmu politycznego.

IV Międzynarodowy Kongres Naukowy „Stan badań nad wielokulturowym dziedzictwem dawnej Rzeczypospolitej”, Rzeszów–Jarosław, 3–5 X 2018

Author(s): Mariusz Balcerek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2019

Dzieje wojska Polskich Sił Zbrojnych na Zachodzie w historiografii ostatnich trzech dekad

Author(s): Juliusz S. Tym / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2019

The subject of the article is the historiography of the Army of the Polish Armed Forces in the West in the last three decades. The author discusses the changes that took place in the historiography of this subject at the moment when Poland regained independence in 1989–1990. He analyzes memories and new monographs regarding branches – the Arms and the Services, higher tactical commands, divisions, brigades and regiments, selected aspects of formation and functioning of the Army and its participation in military operations, military biography and source editions. It describes both the work of Polish historians and foreign authors. Artykuł poświęcony jest historiografii wojska Polskich Sił Zbrojnych naZachodzie w ostatnich trzech dekadach. Autor omawia zmiany, jakie nastąpiły w historiografii tego tematu po odzyskaniu niepodległości przez Polskę w latach 1989–1990.Analizuje wspomnienia oraz nowe monografie poświęcone poszczególnym rodzajom bronii służb, wyższym związkom taktycznym, dywizjom i brygadom oraz pułkom, wybranymaspektom formowania i funkcjonowania wojska oraz jego udziału w działaniach wojennych, ponadto prace z zakresu biografistyki wojskowej, a także edycje źródeł. Opisujezarówno prace historyków polskich, jak i autorów zagranicznych.

UN TEXTE SPÉCIAL DE MICHEL PSELLOS À L’OCCASION DE LA FÊTE DES TISSEUSES (MILIEU DU XIe SIÈCLE)

Author(s): Marie Nystazopoulou-Pelekidou / Language(s): French Issue: 2/2019

Psellos describes the Festival of Agathe, the yearly celebration in Byzantium of a female professional cloth-makers group, on May 12, the day following the Constantinople’s Inauguration Anniversary. In this festival took place a realistic representation of the labour of all specialities of cloth-makers. Psellos connects the name Agathe with “agathon” (good in the platonic sense) and maintains that every well-intended adequately completed activity, participates in the agathon, as in the case of weavers. He expresses also his opinions on broader issues, like the social place of woman, the political act, the great importance of education in social rising, and stresses that, when the concept of agathon, existing intangibly in the mind, assumes a specific form, that’s what philosophy desires and education targets. These opinions of Psellos, teacher, philosopher, writer and politician, must be considered within the frame of political events of his era (mid – 11th century) and his own role in public affairs, as well as to the financial and social progress, elevating educated people from lower classes. The group of scholars-philosophers John Xiphilin, Constantin Lichoudis and mainly John Mauropous and Michael Psellos, worked successfully for the reinforcement and renewal of education and social evolution.

Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto atkūrimas spaudoje ir dokumentuose (1988 metų balandis – 1989 metų rugpjūtis)

Author(s): Kęstutis Raškauskas / Language(s): Lithuanian Issue: 71/2019

This collection of sources brings to light documents that reflect the process of re-establishing Vytautas Magnus University from April 1988 to August 1989. It includes articles that appeared in newspapers during that period, diaries, documents, and memoirs kept in Vytautas Magnus University archives, Lithuanian Emigration Institute archives, and the Manuscript collection of the Vilnius University Library. These documents illustrate the development of different conceptions of the reestablishment of Vytautas Magnus University, the positions taken by the main actors, and the confrontations and breaking points occurring in this process. At the beginning of this collection a chronology of events is provided and at its end there is brief information about each of the people mentioned in the collection.

Kilka komentarzy do wspomnień Józefa Zajączkowskiego (Notatki z czasów powstania w r. 1863 a mianowicie w m. Łodzi i jego okolicach)

Author(s): Dorota Samborska-Kukuć / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2019