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Polska bibliografia szekspirowska. 2001-2010

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Polska bibliografia szekspirowska 2001-2010 powstała w odpowiedzi na rosnące zainteresowanie życiem i twórczością Szekspira w Polsce. Okres, którego dotyczy niniejsza monografia, był niezwykle istotny w dziejach kulturotwórczej roli angielskiego barda w naszym kraju. Zmiany polityczno-społeczne będące efektem procesu globalizacji, a także rozpoczęcia nowego stulecia, wywarty istotny wpływ na recepcję jego twórczości w Polsce. W sztukach Szekspira, uniwersalnych i nieustająco aktualnych, ciągle odnajdujemy metafory naszej rzeczywistości. Publikacja prezentuje bogaty dorobek polskich naukowców, pisarzy, artystów i tłumaczy, którzy włączyli się w światową debatę nad twórczością angielskiego dramaturga i poety, wzbogacając ją o własne odczytania i interpretacje.

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Pokolenia PRL na ekranie w kontekście dokumentów prasowych z epoki

Author(s): Jakub Zajdel / Language(s): Polish

The book aims to describe the complex, multilateral relations among cinematography, propaganda, and the viewers in the times of the Polish People’s Republic. In the second half of the 20th century, after they seized power, the communists launched intensive propaganda activities to create the impression that they enjoyed public support. Among the motifs developed in propaganda texts, there was the generation theme. It involvedthree generation myths, introduced gradually, to which the author refers as the myth of the generation of fight, the myth of the generation of work, and the myth of the generation of duty. They depended for their credibility on information provided by journals and memoirs collected during competitions organised by various newspapers and magazines. The cinema,in turn, was supposed to disseminate them because of its wide range of influence. However, partly for political but mostly for artistic reasons, the filmmakers usually aimed at presenting their own reaction to a generation myth rather than at illustrating it according to the expectations of those who controlled cinematography. Discussing selected fictional films, the author attempts to describe the relation between the myth and its depiction on the screen as perceived by the viewer. Importantly, the author’s intention is to reconstruct the reception of the films upon their first release rather than interpret them according to the standards of the present. Obviously, it is difficult to fully reconstruct the senses that used to provide an important context for the viewers to understand the works discussed. The author strives to accomplish this task by focusing on the senses suggested to the audience by the press, and in particular, by three groups of texts. The first group comprises propaganda texts which verbalised the generation myths. The second group includes generation memoires as published in the press (they were also published in book forms). They served as the foundation for the generation myths by providing necessary details, which were thengeneralised in the myths’ content. The third group comprises film reviews which were supposed to steer the reception of the films. The reference point for the ideological interpretation of the productions they reviewed was the image of generations disseminated by the propaganda of the time. As a result of this discussion, the reader of the book is presented with an outline of some of the complex mechanisms that shaped the cultural memory in the times of the Polish People’s Republic.

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Odrodzona Rzeczpospolita na rynkach zamorskich. Handel polsko-arabski w latach 1918-1939

Author(s): Konrad Banaś / Language(s): Polish

This book is the first comprehensive analysis of trade between Poland and Arab countries in the interwar period. The main source material is archives, which are the legacy of the activity of Polish diplomatic establishments, consular institutions and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the first place, the reader is introduced to the situation of reborn Poland and the evolution of its trade relations with foreign countries. At the same time, a new geopolitical system in the Arab world was presented that had been created after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Then, the book has a geographical layout, referring first to the countries of North Africa, and then to the Middle East. The first subchapters of the main part refer to the economic characteristics of a given Arab country and its foreign trade and customs tariff. The next part concerns Polish exports to a given Arab country broken down by the 1920’s and the 1930’s. This division allowed to show the dynamics of the trade turnover and the impact of the Great Depression on mutual exchange. Subsequently, imports to Poland are characterized. The next subchapters analyse the issues of bilateral communication, mixed chambers of commerce and the impact of trade fairs on the development of cooperation. At the end of each chapter, the author raises an issue of the conditions and balance of mutual trade. The book ends with a comprehensive summary that relates globally to the problem.

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ROK 1968 W EUROPIE. Badania i pamięć

Author(s): Piotr Podemski,Dario Prola / Language(s): English,French,Czech,Polish

Redakcja / Edited byPiotr Podemski, Dario ProlaRok 1968 to zjawisko wykraczające daleko poza ramy kultur narodowych, obejmujące całą Europę, także Amerykę Północną. Reperkusje wydarzeń, które zbiorczo określa się tym mianem, miały zasięg globalny. Redaktorzy książki udzielili głosu reprezentantom ówczesnej młodzieży, pochodzącym z różnych krajów, prosząc, by zechcieli opowiedzieć o roku 1968 w konwencji łączącej osobiste wspomnienia z naukową analizą. Oddawana do rąk Czytelnika książka stanowi zatem wielogłosowy zapis pamięci o tamtych wydarzeniach.1968 is a phenomenon crossing the frameworks of national cultures, covering the whole of Europe, and also North America. The repercussions of events collectively known as 1968 were global. The editors of this volume have invited representatives of the youth of that time, coming from several countries, to talk about 1968, in a way in-between personal memories and research-based analysis. The book now presented to the reader is therefore a polyphonic record of European memories of those events.SPIS TREŚCIPiotr Podemski, Dario Prola: Foreword. 1968: Poliphony of Memories, Poliphony of Meanings [Wstęp. Rok 1968: polifonia pamięci, polifonia znaczeń];Joseph Farrell:1968: The Hopes and the Disillusion [1968. Nadzieje i rozczarowanie];Karol Modzelewski: 1968 derrière le Rideau de Fer. Du Mars de Varsovie àu Mai de Paris[Rok 1968 za żelazną kurtyną. Od warszawskiego Marca do paryskiego Maja];Milada Polišenská: Pražské jaro a padesát let mého života. Reflexe a odkaz[Praska Wiosna i pięćdziesiąt lat mojego życia. Refleksje i spuścizna];Daniel Cirera: Le Mai 68 français : la Grève et le Rêve[Maj 1968 we Francji: strajk i marzenie];Rita Tolomeo: Il ’68 in Italia tra cambiamento e rivoluzione mancata [Rok 1968 we Włoszech między zmianą a niespełnioną rewolucją];Susanne Scharnowski: 1968 in Deutschland. Vexierbild zwischen Pop, Protest und Gewalt [Rok 1968 w Niemczech. W kalejdoskopie wydarzeń: pop, protest i przemoc];Neal Pease: Growing up: 1968 in America[Dorastanie: rok 1968 w Ameryce].***Książka zawiera wersję polską wszystkich tekstów a także ich wersję oryginalną (odpowiednio angielską, czeską, francuską, niemiecką i włoską). Tłumaczenie z angielskiego i włoskiego: Piotr Podemski; z czeskiego: Anna Jakubowska; z francuskiego: Aleksandra Leoncewicz; z niemieckiego: Anna Bajerowska, Monika Jasińska, Aleksandra Kruczek, Aleksandra Wolniewicz, Martyna Żmijewska.

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"V hlave tridsať, v krížoch sto". Starnutie v autobiografiách v Bratislave a Viedni.

Author(s): Ľubica Voľanská / Language(s): Slovak

Európa šedivie. Staroba a starnutie sa tak stále častejšie stávajú predmetom mediálneho, sociálno-politického i výskumníckeho záujmu. Subjektívne prežívanie tejto životnej etapy i starnutia ako procesu je však v stredoeurópskom prostredí v sociálnych vedách skúmané málo. Ľubicu Voľanskú zaujímali motivácie správania sa a činností starých ľudí, ich postoje k vlastnému správaniu a konaniu a k správaniu a konaniu iných, ako sú zobrazené v ich autobiografických textoch. V monografii sleduje ambivalentné vnímanie staroby vo verejnom a odbornom diskurze prepojené s vnímaním starými ľuďmi v súvislosti s hranicami staroby. Bežne kladené otázky: Kto je starý? Ako možno stanoviť časovú alebo inú hranicu, odkedy je človek starý? necháva zodpovedať svojich partnerov a partnerky vo výskume. Ich výpovede dáva do kontextu širokej odbornej literatúry, ktorá sa hranicou staroby a prežívaním staroby zaoberá.

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Středověký šperk: Archeologické nálezy z jižní Moravy

Author(s): Věra Šlancarová / Language(s): Czech

The present work represents the first comprehensive survey of medieval jewellery located in museum depositories, galleries and archaeological institutions of South Moravia. Into the collection, the author has included items from 79 localities: 45 urban towns, 11 castles and 23 other locations (current and former villages and cultural sites). The selection has been limited to the High Middle Ages, i.e. mainly to the 13th–15th centuries, possibly extending into older and younger periods. The core of the work is comprised of a catalogue of objects with drawings or photographic documentation accompanied by detailed descriptions. The catalogue of finds is fully available in electronic form in the Digital Library of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno. In the analytical part of the thesis, the objects are evaluated in terms of typology and morphology, including comparisons with finds from other locations. This allows the jewellery to be set in contemporaneous context in terms of its functional, aesthetic and symbolic significance.

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Metalurgická produkční sféra na Českomoravské vrchovině v závěru přemyslovské éry

Author(s): Petr Hrubý / Language(s): Czech

To this day, problems like technological practice, infrastructure of mines and smelteries or occupational spectrum and living conditions in mining settlements have been rather studied by a specific group of archaeologists. However, it is evident that silver production, which was a characteristic phenomenon of later Middle Ages in the Czech lands, remains only an abstract concept when we do not acquire as much as possible knowledge about the mine workings, preparatory plants, metallurgical facilities and mining settlements from the end of the Přemyslid era. The main objective therefore did not consist in description of political situation connected with the 13th century boom of silver mining in Bohemia, emergence of mining administration, mining rights or minting reform; all this was already done many times. The aim of the book is to clearly outline the situation with ore mining and metallurgy in medieval landscape. The research methods applied meet the standards of interdisciplinary approach, but the essence of the topic is rooted in history.

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Láska a smrt ve vybraných literárních dílech německého středověku

Author(s): Sylvie Stanovská / Language(s): Czech

The book brings, for the firt time in history of Czech germanistic medieval studies, their synopses in Czech including the characteristics of the principal persons/heroes and their attitudes towards love and death. It is intended to help those reader who wish to get a deeper insight into complex/intriguing actions of heroic epic works, courtly novels and novelettes, medieval love poems or paramount prose written in the German-speaking world. It brings basic facts concerning authors and actions of those works and illustrates them with extracts in the original language and translations which with the exceptions of “The Song of the Niebelungs” and “The Ploughman from Bohemia” are recently translated into Czech for the first time.

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Jiří Levý: zakladatel československé translatologie

Author(s): Radek Černoch,Zdenka Vychodilova,Milan Suchomel,Edita Gromová,Daniela Müglová,Daša Munková,Ivana Kupková,Zbyněk Fišer,Petra Mračková Vavroušová,Jana Kitzlerová,Radek Malý / Language(s): Czech

The monograph deals with the evaluation of the scientific heritage of Jiří Levý, the founder of the Czechoslovak translation studies. The collective monograph is the work of eleven authors from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The book, consisting of ten chapters, explains the innovative contribution of J. Levý in the field of translation theory and the ideas of his followers, introduces the inspiration of J. Levý’s translation concepts for translation criticism and practice and assesses the literary-theoretical thinking of the left and shows finally, the importance of his innovative thinking for the didactics of translation. Due to his interdisciplinary thinking about communication, literature and culture, the theoretical concepts of J. Levý have an extraordinary anticipatory potential from the perspective of linguistics, literary science and cybernetics. It was through this thinking that Jiří Levý passed his time. In the collective monograph, the authors attempt to examine selected aspects of researchers’ work and to assess their relevance to the work of today’s theoreticians, teachers, and translators. The editors of the volume are Zbyněk Fišer and Ivana Kupková.

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Na drodze do wolności. Białoruska partyzantka kulturowa w przestrzeni publicznej i Internecie

Author(s): Joanna Getka,Jolanta Darczewska / Language(s): Polish

Mass protests in Belarus after the presidential election in 2020 showed all weaknesses of the official propaganda. The monograph characterises the tools of the cultural protest (banners, music, street art, digital forms of resistance), which exposed a deficit of truth in the relations between the government and society. They undermine and ridicule the actions undertaken by the presidential centre as well as the long-term strategy of the official propaganda. Regardless of the political outcome, the 2020 crisis will have long-lasting political, social and cultural consequences. It is an important factor in building the contemporary Belarusian identity.

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Rzym a Półwysep Iberyjski. Inspiracje i powiązania na przestrzeni dziejów / Roma y la Península Ibérica. Inspiracíones y vinculaciones a través de los siglos

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish,Spanish

The monograph book Rome and Iberia. Inspirations and Connections throughout History tries to fill a gap in the market of scientific publications, showing the connections between ancient Rome and the Iberian Peninsula. These relations still interest researchers representing various scientific disciplines, both in Poland and abroad. The book opens with a part devoted to linguistic issues, focused on the heritage of Latin in Spanish. The second part deals with literature in its broadest sense, from the works of authors such as Martialis and Pliny, through the Latin love songs of Ripoll, the fifteenth-century work of John of Stobnica, to the ancient ekphrasis present in the literature of seventeenth-century Spain. Also represented is the literature of Portugal, which looked to ancient mythology for the origins of the country. Subsequent chapters of the book deal with history and archaeology, introducing - on the basis of literary texts and archaeological remains, inscriptions or coins - studies of the imperial cult in the Spanish provinces of Rome, military issues, political coalitions, Roman law, as well as contemporary evocations of ancient figures as personal models for later European leaders. The monograph also includes chapters on amphorae and temples, which are tangible traces of the relationships studied, left over from ancient cultural and commercial exchanges.

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Musical jako maszyna pamięci

Author(s): Marek Golonka / Language(s): Polish

Michael Kunze, librettist whose works include "Elisabeth" and "Dance of the Vampires", enjoys immense popularity throughout Europe and Asia. His biographical musicals are not only impressive shows but also fascinating attempts at introducing the audience both to Austrian history and to mechanisms of presenting the past by means of modern music theatre. "Musical as Memory Machine" discusses the creation process of Kunze’s two famous musicals, "Elisabeth" and "Mozart!", in the context of studies on collective memory and of the Euro-American history of music theatre as a form of entertainment. The book demonstrates that the musical has long been tightly intertwined with the memories of the societies where it is staged, and that the history of the musical as a genre is inextricably linked with Vienna.

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Hrvatska starokatolička crkva između Zagreba i Beograda: Povijest od 1923. do 1941.

Author(s): Mislav Miholek / Language(s): Croatian

The Croatian Old Catholic Church between Zagreb and Belgrade is a book about the history and development of Old Catholics in Croatia and Yugoslavia during the 1920s and 1930s. The process of the creation of the Church is essentially connected with the political situation between the two world wars. The book portrays the emergence of the Croatian Old Catholic Church after the First World War within the European and local context. The church arose from the rebellion of part of the Croatian Roman Catholic clergy who demanded reforms of the Catholic Church in Croatia, such as the introduction of the vernacular language into the liturgy, the abolition of celibacy, a greater role of the laity in church life, and a weakening of priestly discipline, which the higher church hierarchy refused. Although the church was created after the First World War, the book shows how important organizers and founders of Croatian Old Catholics were already present on the political and ecclesiastical scene during Austro-Hungarian Empire and how the process of creation is connected with the events of the nineteenth century, when Croatia tried to separate itself from Hungary and from the Hungarian bishops. The development of parishes on the ground throughout Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Vojvodina is described; the relationship of the top of the church with the state authorities in Belgrade and Zagreb is shown, as well as the relationship with the most important Croatian political party of that time, the Croatian Peasant Party headed by Stjepan Radić. Radić, as the leader of a broad popular movement, was an ardent Catholic, but in constant conflict with the local Roman Catholic Church leadership. The Croatian Old Catholic Church was originally part of the Union of Utrecht, but just as it was created in a schism with the Catholic Church, it also split within itself and from the Union of Utrecht. Despite all mentioned difficulties, the Croatian Old Catholic Church managed to establish itself in throughout Yugoslavia. Its followers were Roman Catholics who, due to various reasons (political and personal), converted to Old Catholicism. Finally, most of the Church perished in the Second World War during the Axis occupation of Croatia and Yugoslavia.

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Wykład o słodkiej ziemi Cypru „Cronaca”, to jest Kroniką, zwany

Author(s): Leoncjusz Machieras / Language(s): Polish

Leontios Machairas’s fifteenth century account is beyond doubt the most outstanding example of mediaeval Greek chronicle-writing. The work is the main source on Cypriot history in the period following the island’s seizure by Frankish Crusaders as well as a monument of living vernacular Cypriot Greek of the Middle Ages. The story told encompasses 1,131 years: from the discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helen (327) to the end of the Frankish rule of the island with the death of King John II (1458). The author of the chronicle was a Greek-speaking Cypriot native but also a Frankish courtier. The reader gets a feeling as though the author had documented a gradual making of Cyprus’s Franko-Greek society, hailing mostly from the middle (urban) classes of the islanders: natives as well as incomers, with more uniting than dividing both groups as time went by. Speaking at least two languages, attending Greek and Latin churches, they were probably blissfully unaware of the problem of ‘dual loyalty’.

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Metodološki priručnik za procjenu znanja u online nastavi istorije

Author(s): / Language(s): Montenegrine

Transformacija nastave sa klasičnog na online pristup rada predstavljala je veliki izazov za nastavni kadar i obrazovne institucije. U taj proces uložen je veliki napor kroz osmišljavanje novog sistema rada, a očito je da ćemo taj sistem u skorije vrijeme, minimum još jednom, morati primijeniti, a da tek treba da dobijemo konkretne rezultate njegove efikasnosti. Tokom kreiranja i realizacije tog sistema pojavilo se više izazova - kako preći iz klasične učionice u virtuelnu učionicu; kako uskladiti nastavu u realnom vremenu sa asinhronim učenjem; i kako pomoći nastavnicima i učenicima na tom putu? Međutim, poseban izazov predstavljala je procjena znanja. Ako su tehnička pomagala i pružala mogućnost za primjenu novog metoda rada, kod procjene znanja virtuelni svijet je samo zakomplikovao situaciju. Očekivano, kreiran je niz strategija i pomagala koji su za cilj imali da omoguće klasične provjere znanja u virtuelnom svijetu, ili da iskoriste tehničke prednosti i multimedijalni sadržaj da provjere budu pristupačnije, efikasnije i interesantnije. Međutim, ostala je realna sumnja kako u potencijal prenosa znanja i razvoj vještina u virtuelnom svijetu, tako i u njegovu procjenu, pogotovo kad se radi o procjeni razumijevanja. Ako govorimo o nastavi istorije, pogotovo kod nastave kompleksnih, osjetljivih i kontroverznih tema, potreba za razvojem razumijevanja naučenog umjesto prenosa znanja je od fundamentalnog značaja. Osim prihvatanja faktografije, mnogo značajnije je da učenik može pružiti objašnjenje, pronaći dokaz i pokazati primjer, pojednostaviti, primijeniti (naći upotrebu), koristiti analogiju, i izložiti temu na nove načine. Ovaj priručnik je kreiran s idejom da se pruži pregled izazova i metodologija kod online nastave istorije, a s ciljem procjene znanja zasnovane na ishodima i procjene znanja u nastavi istorije usmjerene ka razumijevanju. Autori se nadaju da će makar djelimično olakšati izazovan rad nastavnika istorije i drugih istorijskih edukatora.

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Metodološki priručnik za online nastavu istorije

Author(s): Miloš Vukanović,Igor Radulović / Language(s): Montenegrine

Izbijanje pandemije COVID-19 dovelo je do zatvaranja ili smanjenja obima rada crnogorskih škola. Kao prvu liniju odbrane, Ministarstvo prosvjete kreiralo je osnovna uputstva i uspostavilo online platformu učenja na daljinu u osnovnom i srednjem obrazovanju. Osnov elektronske nastave predstavljale su video lekcije u trajanju od 15 minuta, koje su, na kraju sortirane u bazu podataka, na zasebno kreiranoj platformi. Ove aktivnosti, zajedno s ogromnim naporom obrazovnog kadra, osigurale su kontinuitet procesa učenja. Međutim, to ne znači da ovakav vid nastave nema određenih izazova. Prije svega, smjernice nadležnog Ministarstva bile su ograničene na kratku listu prioritetnih tema koje će obuhvatiti svaki predmet. Nastavnici nijesu dobili smjernice o metodologiji online nastave koja bi im pomogla da učinkovitije prenose znanje, niti o metodologiji učenja na daljinu koja pomaže učenicima u razvijanju kompetencija. Slično, nijesu date smjernice o metodologiji ocjenjivanja učenja i ishoda učenja pomoću novog medija. Posljednji aspekt je posebno problematičan, jer nemaju svi učenici jednak pristup online materijalu, dok se nastavnici moraju pobrinuti da ne odustanu od obrazovnog procesa i zacrtanog plana. Takođe, praktično sav nastavni materijal snimljen je u glavnom gradu Podgorici. Online nastava u nastavi istorije dala je prioritet temama opšteg znanja, čime se ograničavaju napori nastavnika da podučavaju osjetljive i kontroverzne teme, pitanja manjina ili ona koja razvijaju kritičko mišljenje i analizu. Iako je prelazak na potpunu ili djelimičnu nastavu bio dio hitnih mjera tokom pandemije COVID19, na nju treba gledati i kao na priliku za veće uključivanje novih tehnologija u obrazovni proces. Da bi se to postiglo, sama nastava mora postati inkluzivnija, s brojnijim nastavnim kadrom koji je obučen i osnažen da razmišlja u tom smjeru i da prilagodi upotrebu online alata potrebama svoje učeničke zajednice. Projekat “Nastava istorije tokom COVID 19 pandemije – jednak pristup za sve”, koji CGO sprovodi uz finansijsku podrške Vlade SR Njemačke, teži da pruži crnogorskim nastavnicima nastavne alate, kao i online obuku, koja će ih osposobiti da ispune ishode učenja utvrđene nacionalnim nastavnim planom i programom, ali i omogućiti više glasova i odziv na lokalne obrazovne potrebe. Ova metodologija predstavlja rezultat inkorporiranja tog iskustva, ali i iskustva i savjeta kolega koji su učestvovali u procesu razvoja dodatnog online nastavnog materijala i pratećih seminara, na čemu su im autori izuzetno zahvalni. U iskrenoj želji da se obrazovni proces vrati u redovne okvire što prije, nadamo se da će i razvijeni nastavni materijal i metodologije koristiti nastavnicima istorije i društvene grupe predmeta u predstojećem radu, ali i daljem profsionalnom razvoju.

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Emocje – kultura – język

Author(s): Barbara Łukaszewicz / Language(s): Polish

The first publication dedicated entirely to the problem of expressing negative emotions in the context of teaching Polish culture and language as foreign contains a thorough, interdisciplinary theoretical analysis, which may be of interest to researchers who work in different fields exploring the problem of emotions. The author describes her research on the ways in which foreigners learning Polish express their negative emotions. The results were used for preparing practical didactic solutions, which can be adopted by teachers of Polish as a foreign language.

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Dezyderiusza Erazma z Rotterdamu "List o filozofii ewangelicznej"

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

A bilingual edition of the Epistola de philosophia evangelica by Erasmus of Rotterdam, with the preface dedicated to the origin of the Letter, the history of the dispute with Martin Luther and Erasmus’s philosophia Christi. A profound study of the text, unique not only to Polish scientific literature.

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Панайот Хитов

Author(s): Konstantin Kosev / Language(s): Bulgarian

Akad. Konstantin Kosev recreates the life and revolutionary activity of this national hero Panayot Hitov with the help of many archival materials and the autobiographical memoirs of Hitov himself. The patriotic activity of the leader, his relations with the leaders of the revolutionary group – Rakovski, Levski, Karavelov, Botev, as well as his participation in the organized revolutionary movement, in the Serbian-Turkish War in 1876 and the Russian-Turkish Liberation War in 1877 – 1878 are shown.

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Баба Тонка

Author(s): Blagovesta Kasabova / Language(s): Bulgarian

This book tells the story of a great Bulgarian woman - Baba Tonka Obretenova. For the freedom of Bulgaria she sacrificed her life and property, two of her sons – George and Peter, who died in battles with the Turkish hordes. Her son Angel was sentenced to imprisonment in Diyarbekir, her son Nikola was in the Hristo Botev’s group of revolutionaries. Her house on the banks of the Danube in Ruse was a refuge for the revolutionaries. Blagovesta Kasabova’s book describes artistically the bravest feats and patriotic deeds of Baba Tonka – mother not only of her sons and daughters, but also of all the Bulgarian freedom fighters whom she loved like native children.

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