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The Chieftains of the Eastern Roman Empire in Light of the Chronicle of Marcellinus Comes

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Wierzbiński S.

Studia Ceranea

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2022

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vol. 12

779-788

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It is clear that while Chronicle of Marcellinus Comes belongs to most important works from the 6th century, there is significant problem with indicating his personal attitude towards the discussed characters and the described events. The following text is an attempt to answer the question why some of the warlords and generals mentioned in Marcellin’s chronicle were shown positively and others not. It seems that the key to the chronicler’s assessment of a given person was his origin, attitude to imperial authority and actual influence on the most important events of the era in which he lived.

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USE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF HISTORICAL SCIENCE IN SUPPORTING ARMED AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE

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Pashkova O.

Journal of Modern Science

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2020

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issue 1/44/2020

91-104

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Objectives: The purpose is to consider military-historical subjects as a tool of influence of the Russian Federation on the historical consciousness during the armed aggression against Ukraine. Material and methods: Methods. To achieve this, a literature review was conducted on the subject; Cases of manipulation of historical facts are presented in order to achieve political goals; a comparative analysis of the impact on the addressees of political texts with metamorphic elements expressed by metaphor and political texts without metamorphic elements. Results: It has been found that by obeying the political regime, historical science has become a tool for the Russian authorities to solve military and political problems in order to: mobilization and consolidation of the population of the Russian Federation in support of the foreign policy of the state; the ideological “justification” of the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the hidden armed aggression in the east of Ukraine; massive influence on the population of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine using historical discourse. Conclusions: There is need to strengthen the protection of Ukrainian citizens from negative information influences, counteract manipulations of the public consciousness and disseminate untrue information, which should be implemented through the institutes of education, culture, and mass media.

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Book review: Stephen Tanner, “The Wars of the Bushes. A Father and Son as Military Leaders”, Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, Wrocław 2007, pp. 280

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Gałan M.

Polish Political Science Yearbook

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2009

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vol. 38

254-257

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The discussed book by Stephen Tanner is not the author’s debut. He has been analyzing various issues of military history for a long time. He is the author of works on the great retreats of armies during various periods of history, the fortunes of American airmen operating in Switzerland during World War II and the history of Afghanistan. Tanner’s book can be considered as the author’s personal opinion on the military policy of the United States a! er the Cold War.

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CURRENT STATE OF MILITARY MUSEOLOGY IN SLOVAKIA

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Šteiner P.

Muzealnictwo

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2020

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vol. 61

66-74

EN

The area of the Slovak Republic has served over history as a ‘melting pot’ of civilizations and migrations. Thus during numerous conflicts and wars it turned into a stage of military operations. It is remarkable that a relatively small surface of the country gave so much space to numerous armies. Those campaigns have left many traces, represented by battlefields, monuments and also movable items, militaria. However, since Slovakia is a relatively young republic, several problems are present with respect to building military museology on the national level. In the past, Slovakia’s military museology was presented mostly in museums in other countries. The fall of the Communist regime enabled to transform the existing military museums into serious institution to present and research into the national military history. Currently, the process of the development of military museology in our country can neither be considered as completed nor as satisfactory.

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Pořadový krok jako disciplinační technika těla

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Wohlmuth P.

Historická sociologie (Historical Sociology)

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2013

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vol. 2

125-136

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This text inquires into the problem of cadenced step as the disciplinary technique of the body, according to theories of Marcel Mauss and Michel Foucault. Author explores historical core of military body techniques in social context, developed by Dutch army reformers Counts of Nassau during 1590s and refined by the Prussian military in 1740s. Author interprets cadenced step inside framework of shifting paradigm of power, as Foucault analyses the sequence of three stages of power emerging during european Early modernity.

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Possible tools to research possibility. About entertaining “war games” and the value they can bring to the development historical sciences

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Stachura M.

Historyka Studia Metodologiczne

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2013

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vol. 43

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Hraní na socialistické vojáčky? Reenactment Československé lidové armády v aktérské perspektivě současné mladé generace

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Hlaváček J.

Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)

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2023

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vol. 110

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issue 4

407-428

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The presented case study focuses on a reenactment of the ČSLA in the acting perspective of the current young generation. The author first presents a real military reenactment as a specific subject of anthropological research and then addresses the basic categories (material and interactional credibility), on the basis of which the degree of historical authenticity is assessed in reenactment studies. The main focus is on the analysis and interpretation of semi-structured interviews with members of an unnamed military history club dealing with the reenactment of a specific military unit during the Cold War period (1960s–1980s).

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Frontispisy a ryté titulní listy vojenských příruček první poloviny 17. století ve fondu Knihovny Vojenského historického ústavu v Praze

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Andresová K.

Knihy a dějiny (Books and history)

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2016

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vol. 23

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issue 1-2

147-164

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This article focuses on military handbooks from the first half of the 17th century placed in the collections of the Military History Institute Prague. In the introduction, it summarises the history and structure of the collection of early printed books in the library under study. After that, it characterises the set of the handbooks i.a. in terms of their topic, the language and the publisher’s provenance, as well as format. Its main aim is to analyse the frontispieces and engraved title pages of these publications with regard to the iconographic motifs that are usually depicted on them. The final part of the work outlines the possibilities of using the frontispieces and engraved title pages of the studied publications as iconographic sources in historiography and it places the title illustrations of the military handbooks in a wider context.

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A Conditional Plurality of Memory. Oral Histories of the Polish People’s Army Soldiers

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Filipkowski P.

Acta Poloniae Historica

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2019

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vol. 120

PL

This essay is inspired by a close reading of the recently published volume Żołnierze ludowego Wojska Polskiego. Historie mówione (Soldiers of the Polish people’s Army. Oral histories) by Jarosław Pałka and Kaja Kaźmierska (Łódź, 2018) and continuously refers to it. Rather than a standard book review, it is a critical essay which positions this publication, and the documentation project standing behind it, in the context of Polish oral history research field. The latter has been expanding dynamically in recent years, gaining more and more recognition also among academic historians. One of its essential characteristics, to which this volume attests, is its methodological anchoring in biographical sociology. This field of research has a long academic tradition in Poland (though its current versions tend to adopt ‘Western’ ideas and research patterns) and offers scientific credibility to, still often insecure, oral history research. The text claims that scientific legitimisation of this kind does not necessarily lead to a convincing interpretation. The method, no matter how neutrally it may be presented, is not free from the authors’ value judgements and non-source-based historical knowledge (and imagination). The text, therefore, suggests a reading of the book – which is vastly a selection of edited, historically footnoted and narratively ordered oral history sources (biographical narrative interviews with the title soldiers) – that partly goes against the authors’ interpretations. Altogether, it makes up an exercise in (oral) historical hermeneutics.

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Narodziny „polskiej szkoły” historii militarnej a wojskowość antyczna. W poszukiwaniu tożsamości badawczej (część 2)

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Faszcza M. N.

Przegląd Nauk Historycznych

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2023

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vol. 22

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issue 1

135-167

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The issue of ancient warfare was often included in the publications of Polish classicists, although it usually did not constitute an independent research area. The long and well-established tradition of classical studies resulted in difﬁculties in the possibility of working out a common research position with representatives of the “Polish school” of military history, especially due to the changes taking place after 1926. After the end of World War II, the model inherited from the Second Polish Republic was continued, but the transformations taking place in the Polish higher education after 1989 constitute an opportunity to bring the two communities closer together and to unify research approaches in a natural way.

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Problematyka antycznej wojskowości była częstokroć uwzględniana w publikacjach polskich starożytników, choć zazwyczaj nie stanowiła samodzielnego obszaru badań. Wieloletnia, a przez to ugruntowana tradycja studiów klasycznych sprawiała, że możliwość wypracowania wspólnego stanowiska z przedstawicielami „polskiej szkoły” historii wojskowej była znacząco utrudniona, szczególnie wobec przemian zachodzących po 1926 r. Po zakończeniu II wojny światowej kontynuowano model odziedziczony po II Rzeczpospolitej, ale przeobrażenia zachodzące w polskim szkolnictwie wyższym po 1989 r. stanowią szansę na zbliżenie obu środowisk i naturalne ujednolicenie optyki badawczej.

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Lanca tatarska w służbie prusko-brandenburskiej. Wybrane zagadnienia z historii osadnictwa Tatarów litewskich w państwach pruskich do XIX wieku

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Bassara K.

Nurt SVD

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2019

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issue 2

167-186

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Artykuł przybliża dzieje kontaktów społeczności muzułmańskiej z Prusami w epoce nowożytnej do czasów epoki napoleońskiej, gdy na trwałe państwo prusko-brandenburskie utraciło ziemie zamieszkałe przez Tatarów litewskich. Ukazuje on rolę dynastii Hohenzollernów w kształtowaniu się osadnictwa muzułmańskiego w Prusach, głównie przez pryzmat kolonizacji wojskowej Tatarów litewskich na ziemiach pruskich. Stąd artykuł odnosi się przede wszystkim do dziejów istnienia w armii pruskiej formacji Towarzyszy, Korpusu Bośniackiego i Pułku Tatarskiego, wokół których budowano ideę państwa tolerancyjnego względem wyznawców islamu. Zarazem artykuł porusza kwestie statusu prawnego islamu w Prusach, a także wzajemnych relacji między Prusami a Rzeczpospolitą Obojga Narodów, które osnute są wokół dziejów Tatarów litewskich.

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The article introduces the history of contacts between the Muslim community and Prussia in the modern age to the Napoleonic era, when the Prussian-Brandenburg state permanently lost land inhabited by Lithuanian Tatars. It shows the role of the Hohenzollern dynasty in the formation of Muslim settlements in Prussia, mainly through the prism of military colonization of Lithuanian Tatars in Prussia. Hence, the article refers primarily to the history of such groups as the Companions, the Bosnian Corps and the Tatar Regiment in the Prussian army, around which the idea of a tolerant state towards Islam was built. At the same time, the article touches on the legal status of Islam in Prussia, as well as the mutual relations between Prussia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which are based around the history of Lithuanian Tatars.

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Fotografia lotnicza jako źródło historyczne

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Tucholski Z.

Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki

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2019

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vol. 64

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issue 2

167–179

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Aerial photographs are extremely valuable, often underestimated historical sources. Their use gives very positive results pertaining to research in the field of military history. Photographs documenting the events of World War II constitute primary sources of great importance in many areas of historical research in which archival sources have not survived. As documented by case studies, they validate the legitimacy of basing research methodology on photographic documents. Following a short historical outline on the development of aerial photography, the author analyzes some cases related to Warsaw’s destruction and reconstruction of its urban layout, as well as the murders committed by the NKVD in Kharkiv and Mednoye.

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Bitwa pod Sarbinowem (1758) w świetle listów oficerów rosyjskich: nowa publikacja o rosyjskiej armii doby wojny siedmioletniej [Rec. Denis Anatol’evič Sdvižkov, Pis’ma s Prusskoj vojny. Lûdi Rossijsko-imperatorskoj armii v 1758 godu, Moskva 2019]

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Grygiencza D.

Wieki Stare i Nowe

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2021

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vol. 16

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issue 21

216-227

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Denis Sdvižkov’s book Letters from the Prussian War combines the source material - consisting of a collection of private and official correspondence of officers of the Imperial Russian Army, direct participants in and witnesses of the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) - with an extensive and original introductory study. Using anthropological and microhistorical approaches in an analysis of numerous personal testimonies, the Author shows how the daily life during the war and the key event of the 1758 campaign - the Battle of Zorndorf/Sarbinowo - were reflected in the experience of the Russian military. In addition to reconstructing the battle itself, the book pays much attention to everyday life, career strategies, values, religiosity and morality of the members of the Russian officer corps as well as to the role of the Zorndorf battle in the war propaganda and the historical memory in Russia and Prussia.

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Przedmiotem recenzji jest książka Denisa Sdvižkova poświęcona rosyjskiej armii w bitwie pod Sarbinowem (1758) w czasie wojny siedmioletniej. Analizując prywatne listy rosyjskich oficerów w antropologicznej perspektywie i umieszczając je w szerokim kontekście kulturowym, autor proponuje nowe spojrzenie na tę słynną batalię - oddając głos stronie, która dotychczas pozostawała milcząca.

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POLSKIE FORMACJE WOJSKOWE OKRESU I WOJNY ŚWIATOWEJ I WOJSKO POLSKIE Z LAT 1918-1939 – WĘZŁOWE PROBLEMY ORAZ STAN BADAŃ I POSTULATY BADAWCZE

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Smoliński A.

Rocznik Przemyski

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2015

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vol. 51

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issue 1(13): Historia Wojskowości

3-24

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In this article the author discusses the crucial issues of Polish military history of 1914-1939 concerning Polish military units from the First World War and the Polish army of the Second Polish Republic until the Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union invasion of Poland in September 1939. The article also deals with the questions connected with Poland’s strategic location in the years 1921-1939 and the related Polish military planning, the mobilization and economic preparations undertaken at that time, military alliances, military relations with the then neighbors of Poland etc. Thus the article presents the whole of the major military issues related mainly to the functioning of the Polish state between 1918 and 1939. The author has also briefly presented the current state of Polish historiographic research concerned with the above mentioned issues. Where it is necessary, the author suggests foreign-language historical literature, including those publications which concern the armed forces of Poland’s then. powerful neighbors, i. e. the Red Army and the Reichswehr and later the Wehrmacht.

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Z Afganistanu pod Filippi, czyli rzecz o standardach badawczych [Rec. Steele Brand, Killing for the Republic: Citizen-Soldiers and the Roman Way of War, Baltimore 2019]

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Faszcza M. N.

Wieki Stare i Nowe

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2022

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vol. 17

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issue 22

1-14

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This review article deals with Steele Brand’s monograph devoted to the motivation of the Republican Roman soldiers in the context of the idea of citizen soldiery and civic militarism. From the reviewer’s perspective it is a starting point to illustrate a broader tendency, manifested in the gradual relegation of military issues to the margins of academic life, which is reflected in re-linking them with military institutions. Military academies were not established to conduct classical or even historical studies, and their primary goal is to educate officers, so this may lead to historiographical deformations resulting from ignorance of socio-cultural conditions.

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Artykuł recenzyjny traktuje o monografii autorstwa Steele’a Branda poświęconej motywacjom, jakie przyświecały żołnierzom republikańskiego Rzymu. Jej omówienie stanowi punkt wyjścia do zobrazowania szerszej tendencji, przejawiającej się sukcesywnym spychaniem problematyki militarnej na margines życia naukowego, co skutkuje ponownym powiązaniem prowadzonych badań z instytucjami wojskowymi. Wziąwszy pod uwagę, że te ostatnie nie zostały powołane do prowadzenia działalności stricte naukowej, lecz ich nadrzędnym celem jest kształcenie oficerów, prowadzi to do zubożenia dyskursu i powstania deformacji historiograficznych płynących z nieznajomości uwarunkowań społeczno-kulturowych.

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Narodziny „polskiej szkoły” historii militarnej a wojskowość antyczna. W poszukiwaniu tożsamości badawczej (część 1)

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Faszcza M.

Przegląd Nauk Historycznych

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2022

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vol. 21

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issue 2

217-249

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After Poland regained independence in 1918, the mainstream of military historians was formally linked with the institutions of the Polish Army. As a result, most of the publications devoted to military issues were intended to strengthen patriotism and educational goals implemented in the army, which determined their content and approach. In addition, there were two other dominant trends: focusing on national history, as well as the popularity of the neo-romanticism. This phenomenon was intensified after 1926 as a result of personal changes carried out in the Polish Army. Under such conditions, it was not possible for military historians to make a significant contribution to the study of ancient history, which resulted in permanent separateness of the Polish military historians and representatives of Altertumswissenschaft. The second part of the article will be devoted to the research perspective of Polish classicists, as well as to the indication of a common research ground allowing for the approximation of the positions of both groups of scholars.

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Po odzyskaniu przez Polskę niepodległości w 1918 r. doszło do formalnego powiązania głównego nurtu piśmiennictwa historyczno-wojskowego z instytucjami naukowo-wydawniczymi Wojska Polskiego. Sprawiło to, że większość ukazujących się w tzw. dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym (1918–1939) publikacji poświęconych zagadnieniom militarnym miała służyć umacnianiu patriotyzmu i celom wychowawczym realizowanym w armii, co determinowało ich tematykę oraz sposób ujęcia poruszanych zagadnień. Ponadto nałożyły się na to dwie inne dominujące tendencje: koncentracja na dziejach narodowych, jak również popularność nurtu neoromantycznego. Zjawiska ta uległy wzmocnieniu po 1926 r. w wyniku zmian personalnych przeprowadzonych w Wojsku Polskim. W takich warunkach nie było możliwości, aby historycy wojskowi mogli wnieść znaczący wkład do badań nad antykiem, co przełożyło się na odmienne drogi rozwojowe środowiska badaczy polskich militariów i przedstawicieli Altertumswissenschaft. Perspektywie badawczej tych drugich, a także wskazaniu wspólnej płaszczyzny naukowej pozwalającej na zbliżenie stanowisk obu grup uczonych będzie poświęcona druga część artykułu.

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The Relief on the Door of the Msho Arakelots Monastery (1134) as a Source for Studying Arms and Armour of Medieval Armenian Warriors

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Dymydyuk D.

Studia Ceranea

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2019

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vol. 9

207-250

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Byzantium’s arms and armours were researched by many historians. For that reason, the military history of the medieval Roman Empire enjoyed a dominant position in medieval historiography, with the consequence that very often the military history of small nations (under Roman influences) was written from the perspective of the Eastern Romans historians. The aim of the paper is to change this perspective and give the subject of the medieval Armenian military the attention it deserves. The idea is to perform an analysis of the relief on the Door of the Msho Arakelots monastery, where four equestrians and one infantryman are depicted, and to compare it with other Armenian, Byzantine and Muslim sources. In this relief, a spherical mace head and a sword with sleeve cross-guard are represented, suggesting many parallels with East-Roman archaeological and figurative sources. No less important is the depiction of the military trumpet because it is the first image of this object in Armenian art, which can be compared with pictures from the Madrid Skylitzes (13th c.). In addition, the only defensive weapon which is presented in this relief is a round shield with a floral ornament. There are many depictions of round shields in Armenian miniatures and reliefs from 10th–11th c. Moreover, this relief is one of the few where stirrups and the chape of a scabbard are shown. These elements represent an important piece of information because these pictures can be compared with actual archaeological East-Roman artefacts to reconstruct their real look. The conclusions are that the majority of Armenian weapons bear similarities to Byzantine ones but no less important are the Muslim influences, which have been found in some cases. Located between two civilizations (Byzantium and the Muslim Potentates), Armenians adopted the best solutions of their military technologies, creating their own culture. Moreover, thanks to this comparative analysis, further support will be given to the idea that medieval figurative sources are more or less accurate material for studying medieval military history.

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Działalność Czesława Chowańca w sferze polityki kulturalnej i wojskowości (do 1944 roku)

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Skrzyński T.

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio F – Historia

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2022

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vol. 77

295-317

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Czesław Chowaniec (1899–1968) played a very important role, first in the cultural life of Stanisławów in the 1920s, and then in the Polish cultural and popularization activities in France. As a scientist, he focused most of his creative energy until 1944 on military history. The published texts on this topic ensured him an important position among Polish military historians. His service in the army during the time of the shaping of state borders had an immense influence on his scientific interests. During World War II, in his military service he used his skills, among other things, in his work in the sphere of education and culture.

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Czesław Chowaniec (1899–1968) odgrywał bardzo ważną rolę najpierw w życiu kulturalnym Stanisławowa lat 20. XX wieku, a następnie w polskiej działalności kulturalnej i popularyzatorskiej na terenie Francji. Jako naukowiec do 1944 roku najwięcej swej energii twórczej skupiał na historii wojskowości. Wydane z tego zakresu teksty zapewniły mu ważne miejsce wśród polskich historyków wojskowości. Służba w wojsku, w czasie kształtowania granic państwa, miała znaczny wpływ na jego zainteresowania naukowe. W okresie II wojny światowej w armii m.in. był zaangażowany w pracy oświatowo-kulturalnej.

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The process of development of Polish special forces since Poland’s regaining of independence in 1918

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Radziwon K.

Polish Journal of Political Science

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2021

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vol. 7

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issue 3

77-98

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The aim of this this study is to depict the process of shaping and development of special forces in the Polish historical space since 1918 as well as to illustrate the need for special forces to function as a guarantor of international and national security. The research method used in this study is primarily an analysis in the form of an in-depth study of Polish literature on special forces and special units, as well as synthesis, induction and a comparative method.

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The Value of History in the Theory of War by Carl Von Clausewitz

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Górka S.

Historyka Studia Metodologiczne

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2018

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vol. 48

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The Chieftains of the Eastern Roman Empire in Light of the Chronicle of Marcellinus Comes

USE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF HISTORICAL SCIENCE IN SUPPORTING ARMED AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE

Book review: Stephen Tanner, “The Wars of the Bushes. A Father and Son as Military Leaders”, Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, Wrocław 2007, pp. 280

CURRENT STATE OF MILITARY MUSEOLOGY IN SLOVAKIA

Pořadový krok jako disciplinační technika těla

Possible tools to research possibility. About entertaining “war games” and the value they can bring to the development historical sciences

Hraní na socialistické vojáčky? Reenactment Československé lidové armády v aktérské perspektivě současné mladé generace

Frontispisy a ryté titulní listy vojenských příruček první poloviny 17. století ve fondu Knihovny Vojenského historického ústavu v Praze

A Conditional Plurality of Memory. Oral Histories of the Polish People’s Army Soldiers

Narodziny „polskiej szkoły” historii militarnej a wojskowość antyczna. W poszukiwaniu tożsamości badawczej (część 2)

Lanca tatarska w służbie prusko-brandenburskiej. Wybrane zagadnienia z historii osadnictwa Tatarów litewskich w państwach pruskich do XIX wieku

Fotografia lotnicza jako źródło historyczne

Bitwa pod Sarbinowem (1758) w świetle listów oficerów rosyjskich: nowa publikacja o rosyjskiej armii doby wojny siedmioletniej [Rec. Denis Anatol’evič Sdvižkov, Pis’ma s Prusskoj vojny. Lûdi Rossijsko-imperatorskoj armii v 1758 godu, Moskva 2019]

POLSKIE FORMACJE WOJSKOWE OKRESU I WOJNY ŚWIATOWEJ I WOJSKO POLSKIE Z LAT 1918-1939 – WĘZŁOWE PROBLEMY ORAZ STAN BADAŃ I POSTULATY BADAWCZE

Z Afganistanu pod Filippi, czyli rzecz o standardach badawczych [Rec. Steele Brand, Killing for the Republic: Citizen-Soldiers and the Roman Way of War, Baltimore 2019]

Narodziny „polskiej szkoły” historii militarnej a wojskowość antyczna. W poszukiwaniu tożsamości badawczej (część 1)

The Relief on the Door of the Msho Arakelots Monastery (1134) as a Source for Studying Arms and Armour of Medieval Armenian Warriors

Działalność Czesława Chowańca w sferze polityki kulturalnej i wojskowości (do 1944 roku)

The process of development of Polish special forces since Poland’s regaining of independence in 1918

The Value of History in the Theory of War by Carl Von Clausewitz