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Historiography including the story of native origins created ideological bonds in new states, created the state and afterwards national consciousness. The Latin cultural roots of Christianity and the awareness of the similarities of Slavic languages played a role in ethnographical stories told in Polish medieval chronicles. While keen on presenting Polish origins, the first Polish chronicles did not deal with ethnogenesis of Slavs. Only in the 14th century did the chroniclers adopt an ethnogenetical approach. Dzierzwa introduced the Biblical genealogy to Polish medieval historiography and derived the origins of the Poles from Japhet. The Slavic Interpolator of the Great-Polish Chronicle presented the Pannonian concept of the origin of Slavs which probably emerged in Great-Moravia and was preserved in Rus’ historical tradition. This story was used by John Dąbrówka in his commentaries to the Chronicle of Vincent Kadłubek and by John Długosz who created the erudite vision of Polish ethnogenesis, based on popular tables of nations.
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Poland as Vandalia. Vandalian Concept in the Polish Historiography of Medieval Times The aim of the article is to discuss the origins and circumstances of the decline of the Vandalian Concept on Polish lands, in the light of Polish medieval historiography. The idea of Poland-Vandalia was highly influential for creation of future Polish national identity. It was dominant Polish theory of ethnogenesis until the end of 16th c. when was replaced by the Sarmatian theory. The most important issues of analysis of Vandalian concept include: accurate time of origins, reasons of popularity, final falls of the Vandalian and rises of the Sarmatian theory. Finally, the ways of understanding of ethnicity of alleged ancestors by Polish scholars.
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