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Termin „czasy polskie” w historiografii łotewskiej: jego treść i znaczenie

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Jēkabsons Ē.

Miscellanea Historico-Archivistica

2013

issue 20

43-54

"The Polish times" is a traditional Latvian historiographic term which is not entirely accurate, since the reign and influence of Poland and the Republic of Two Nations (The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) might be called “the Polish" only relatively and today this term may cause some confusion not only scientific, but even political. This tradition was established in the 19th century along with the Latvian historiography and still exists with some modifications(the term "Polish times" may refer to the World War II and the times in the exile, or as "the reign of Polish feudal lords in Latvia " in Soviet historiography, including – Soviet - Latvian), although there are scientists who try to avoid it in their publications. The period covers the years from 1561, when the small and weak countries of Livonia, surrendered to the King Sigismund Augustus while seeking refuge from the threat of the Moscow, until 1772, when the so-called Polish Livonia (Latgale) became part of Russia during the first partition of Poland, or even to 1795, when Russia incorporated Courland, which was vassal state of the King of Poland by that time. Previous studies show that this period in the history of Latvia occupies a very important place. One can see also that in the Latvian historiography period of the Polish reign and its impact have not even been comprehensively researched and properly evaluated. Too few researchers have treated this period as the main theme of their work, although this is possible thanks to archival records from the holdings of the State Historical Archives in Riga, archival sources in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, etc. that stay mostly untouched by researchers. At the same time it must be recognized that after gaining the independence by Latvia, Latvian historians have made some steps in the exposure of certain aspects of the period (eg Duchy of Courland, cultural monuments in Latgale, the Polish-Swedish War of 1600-1629, etc). The research over this period still remains one of the main tasks of Latvian historians in the future, and this could be facilitated by co-operation with Polish, Lithuanian and Belarusian scientists.

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Termin „czasy polskie” w historiografii łotewskiej: jego treść i znaczenie