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A. Kucharski, Theatrum peregrinandi. Poznawcze aspekty staropolskich podróży w epoce późnego baroku, Toruń 2013, ss. 563

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Maliszewski K.
Rocznik Antropologii Historii
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2014
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issue 2(7), Historia i płeć
316-318
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Review of A. Kucharski's book "Theatrum peregrinandi: cognitive aspects of travelling in Old Poland in Late Baroque".
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THE TYPOLOGY OF TRAVELS IN PRISTINA IN RELATION TO PURPOSE, TIME AND DISTANCE

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Humolli F., Çinaj N., Kelmendi N.
Quaestiones Geographicae
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2020
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vol. 39
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issue 1
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Similar to most cities in Europe/the world, Kosovo also faces the problem of urban mobility, which is characterised by congestion. The most concerning problems are: waste of time, money, energy consumption, environmental problems and others. They arise due to the imbalanced state of using urban mobility in Pristina (Prishtinë), while eco-travels are minor. In order to reduce these problems, this paper aimed to examine the current situation of urban mobility in Pristina by analysing the mobility indicators of cars, trains, buses, bicycles and walking, in relation to purpose, distance and time. The research methodology was the direct survey method conducted with the citizens of Pristina and daily immigrants over a week. The results of the survey showed that 44% of the participants used cars for travelling, while other transportation alternatives (soft and eco-transport) were limited and problematic. In the absence of institutional practices for collecting periodic data, the results of this study will not only contribute in filling the information gap, but also will properly address the needs for transportation planning in Pristina and design objectives for a multimodal transportation strategy in this city to lessen the negative impacts of the aforementioned problems and increase travel facilities.
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The journey of C.T. Ramage through the Cilento in the first half of the nineteenth century, between geography and history of an 'unknown' land

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Siniscalchi S.
Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
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2019
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vol. 23
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issue 3
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Many travelers-writers have described the characteristics of the areas visited from a critical point of view, with wit and sense of observation. One of the most significant and unknown works concerning this literary current is the tale of the trip from Paestum to Policastro made in 1828 by C.T. Ramage: his sketchbooks are not only a description of the evidence of the past and of the archaeological remains of the Ancient Greece, but a small geo-history of the Cilento (shortly before its insurrection of that same year), as the first stage of a journey that returns a fresco of the South of Italy as it was before the process of Italian unification, respect to its agricultural landscapes, customs and dietary habits, attitudes, superstitions, society, culture, religious and political afairs, comparable with the present context of the same territories.
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Galician automobilism

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Gaweł R.
Galicja. Studia i materiały
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2020
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issue 6
348-372
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In Galicia automobilism developed despite local motorisation since there was access to the achievements of other countries of the Monarchy (Czechia, Upper Austria). Due to the lack of home production, in Galicia the development of automobilism proceeded more slowly and less dynamically. Rides by individual cars were available only for the affluent, which is why they were called “a lordly pastime”. The most recent research shows that in Galicia transportation based on motor omnibus lines became common as it developed in a surprisingly rapid manner. Individual automobilists took part in “automobile trips” (see amateur rallies) organised by Galician automobilists’ associations. Their last journey was the departure to the frontlines of WWI. Those who managed to overcome the hardship of this “trip” returned as the pioneers of Polish automobilism.
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W Galicji automobilizm rozwijał się przy braku rodzimej motoryzacji, aczkolwiek istniał dostęp do osiągnięć innych krajów koronnych (Czech, Austrii Górnej). Z powodu braku rodzimej produkcji w Galicji rozwój automobilizmu przebiegał wolniej i mniej dynamicznie. Podróże indywidualnymi samochodami pozostawały domeną najbogatszych, stąd zwano je „pańską rozrywką”. Najnowsze badania pokazują, że w Galicji upowszechniała się komunikacja wykorzystująca linie omnibusów motorowych, a jej rozwój był zaskakująco dynamiczny. Indywidualni automobiliści uczestniczyli też w „wycieczkach automobilowych” (por. rajdy amatorskie) organizowanych przez galicyjskie stowarzyszenia automobilistów. Ostatnią podróżą, w jaką wyruszyli z Galicji, był wyjazd na fronty I wojny światowej. Ci, którym udało się pokonać trud, z tej „wycieczki” wracali już jako pionierzy automobilizmu polskiego.
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Uherské cesty Boženy Němcové (K některým národopisno-cestopisným dílům)

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Palowská M.
Národopisný věstník
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2009
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vol. 26_(68)
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issue 1
101-114
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Among others, he was called up several times to Hungary, namely to the towns of Miskolc and Balássgyarmat. Our paper covers that period. Božena Němcová realized four travels to Hungary. The first one from April till May 1851 (Miskolc), the second one from August till October 1852 (Balássagyarmat), the third one from May till October 1853 (Balássagyarmat again), and the last one from August till October 1855 (mostly Slovak villages). She saw a great number of Slovak villages and became fond of Slovaks for life. She collected a lot of Slovak legends and fairy tales. The best known is Sůl nad zlato (The Salt Prince) or Dvanáct měsíčků (The Twelve Months). She also took notice of the life of Slovaks and their coexistence with the Hungarian ethnic group. This paper deals with the above mentioned issues, with remarks on everyday family and social life of both ethnic groups, keeping of the folk traditions and further ethnographic and travelling observations. Attention is paid to the works Vzpomínky z cesty po Uhřích (Hungary Travel Memories) (1854), Uherské město (Hungarian Town) (1858, 1859), Obrázky ze života slovenského (Pictures from the Slovak Life) (1859, 1860) and Z Uher (From Hungary) (1863).
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Podróże badawcze archiwistów Grona Konserwatorów Galicji Zachodniej na przełomie XIX i XX wieku

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Więch A.
Galicja. Studia i materiały
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2020
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issue 6
203-217
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The second half of the 19th century in Galicia is a time of raised awareness about the signifcance of archives not only those being created at that time but also of the value of the materials concerning the history of Poland, frst of all, the history of the local community. This fact was recognised by a circle of Galician researchers, scientists, historians and archivists from the Western Galician Conservators’ Circle. Since 1880s they undertook activities the aim of which was to save the archival heritage, e.g. by organising archival travels. In the years 1894–1911 they manages to organise 11 of such research trips. The subject of the present article based on source materials collected in the National Archive in Cracow focuses on presenting the organisational aspect of the travels and the related research works.
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Druga połowa XIX w. na terenie Galicji to czas wzrostu świadomości archiwalnej i znaczenia nie tylko współcześnie powstających archiwaliów, ale przede wszystkim wartości materiałów dotyczących przeszłości Polski, a nade wszystko dziejów lokalnych społeczności. Zdawało sobie z tego sprawę grono galicyjskich badaczy, naukowców, historyków i archiwistów skupionych wokół Grona Konserwatorów Galicji Zachodniej i od lat 80. XIX w. podejmowało działania mające na celu uratowanie archiwalnego dziedzictwa, m.in. poprzez organizację podróży archiwalnych. W latach 1894–1911 udało się podjąć 11 takich wypraw badawczych. Problematyka artykułu opartego na materiale źródłowym zgromadzonym w Archiwum Narodowym w Krakowie koncentruje się na zaprezentowaniu strony organizacyjnej podróży oraz prowadzonej w ich ramach pracy badawczej.
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Galician automobilism

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Gaweł R.
Galicja. Studia i materiały
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2020
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issue 6
348-372
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W Galicji automobilizm rozwijał się przy braku rodzimej motoryzacji, aczkolwiek istniał dostęp do osiągnięć innych krajów koronnych (Czech, Austrii Górnej). Z powodu braku rodzimej produkcji w Galicji rozwój automobilizmu przebiegał wolniej i mniej dynamicznie. Podróże indywidualnymi samochodami pozostawały domeną najbogatszych, stąd zwano je „pańską rozrywką”. Najnowsze badania pokazują, że w Galicji upowszechniała się komunikacja wykorzystująca linie omnibusów motorowych, a jej rozwój był zaskakująco dynamiczny. Indywidualni automobiliści uczestniczyli też w „wycieczkach automobilowych” (por. rajdy amatorskie) organizowanych przez galicyjskie stowarzyszenia automobilistów. Ostatnią podróżą, w jaką wyruszyli z Galicji, był wyjazd na fronty I wojny światowej. Ci, którym udało się pokonać trud, z tej „wycieczki” wracali już jako pionierzy automobilizmu polskiego.
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In Galicia automobilism developed despite local motorisation since there was access to the achievements of other countries of the Monarchy (Czechia, Upper Austria). Due to the lack of home production, in Galicia the development of automobilism proceeded more slowly and less dynamically. Rides by individual cars were available only for the afuent, which is why they were called “a lordly pastime”. The most recent research shows that in Galicia transportation based on motor omnibus lines became common as it developed in a surprisingly rapid manner. Individual automobilists took part in “automobile trips” (see amateur rallies) organised by Galician automobilists’ associations. Their last journey was the departure to the frontlines of WWI. Those who managed to overcome the hardship of this “trip” returned as the pioneers of Polish automobilism.
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Zakopane i Tatry fin de siècle. Jan Kasprowicz – podróże artysty

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Święcicki K.
Galicja. Studia i materiały
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2020
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issue 6
309-335
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The article discusses the process of increased interest in Zakopane and Podhale culture in the second half of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. Discusses the problem of highlanders acquiring national identity. Characterizes the environment of the intellectual and artistic elite of Zakopane. Attempts to analyse how fascination with the Tatra landscape and highlander culture infuenced the formation of one of the myths that fund modern national identity. Tries to show how the artists infuenced the development of Zakopane as a holiday spa. It also shows the impact of bohemia on the transformation of the culture of highlanders in the Podhale region. The second part of the article discusses the relationship of the poet Jan Kasprowicz with Podhale. His peregrinations to Zakopane and Poronin were presented. On the selected example from creativity, an attempt was made to analyse the poet’s fascination with the Tatra Mountains and highlander culture.
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Artykuł omawia proces kształtowania się zainteresowania Zakopanem i kulturą Podhala w drugiej połowie XIX w. oraz na początku wieku XX. Porusza problem nabywania przez górali narodowej tożsamości. Charakteryzuje środowisko zakopiańskiej elity inteligenckiej i artystycznej. Podejmuje próbę analizy, w jaki sposób fascynacja tatrzańskim krajobrazem oraz góralską kulturą wpłynęła na ukształtowanie się jednego z mitów fundujących nowoczesną, narodową tożsamość. Jednocześnie stara się ukazać, jak artyści oddziaływali na rozwój Zakopanego jako kurortu. Pokazuje także wpływy bohemy artystycznej na przemiany kultury podhalańskich górali. W drugiej części artykułu omówiono związki poety Jana Kasprowicza z Podhalem. Przedstawiono jego peregrynacje do Zakopanego i Poronina. Na wybranym przykładzie z twórczości podjęto próbę analizy fascynacji poety Tatrami i góralską kulturą.
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Moscow - a Living or a Dead City?

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Kopeć Z.
Studia Europaea Gnesnensia
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2011
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issue 3
153-163
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The author is interested in travels or writers and journalists (from Poland and the world) to the USSR in the beginning of the 1930s. Some of the travellers visited the state seeking to be reassured in their negative opinion. Others, in contrast, went there convinced that they travelled to a country of universal social justice. However, they did not realise to what an extent the programme of their visit depended on the Soviet propaganda machine. The combined reading of texts by Antoni Słonimski, Andre Gide, Melchior Wańkowicz and Bernard Shaw shows the USSR as a country whose directions of development are difficult to foresee.  
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„O porządku w naukach i sposobie wychowania” – Konsyderacyje dla Janusza Radziwiłła z roku 1622

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Żołądź-Strzelczyk D.
Historia Slavorum Occidentis
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2020
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issue 1 (24)
44-63
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Krzysztof Radziwiłł’s instructions on education include an indication that his son, the prince, should not go to a school abroad but rather study at home. When got older he would acquire basic knowledge and would be ready to leave. The source contains considerations on how to organize teaching, the curriculum and where to recruit the teachers.
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An Englishman in-between Two Worlds: Robert Bargrave’s Travel through East-Central Europe, 1652-1653

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Kalinowska A.
Studia Historyczne
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2021
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vol. 61
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issue 4 (244)
45-54
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The article discusses a journey of a young Englishman Robert Bargrave (1628-1661), who in the early 1650s travelled from Constantinople to England. The travel diary recording this journey reflects Bargrave’s keen interest in the customs, everyday life and languages as well as natural conditions and economy of the places he visited and shows that he tried to place it in a wider context. As a result, closer analysis of this text gives us an excellent opportunity to examine the picture of East -Central Europe as seen by a mid-seventeenth century Englishman and the way he perceived it in relation to both the Ottoman Empire and Western Europe.
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The courts of the Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs as Related by Jakub Sobieski in the first half of the 17th century

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Taracha C.
Roczniki Humanistyczne
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2013
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vol. 61
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issue 2: Historia
169-182
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Jakub Sobieski, the father of King Jan III, was among the most outstanding Polish politicians of the first half of the 17th century. In his youth he received a thorough education, which included studies abroad and tours around Europe. In 1611-1613 he visited Germany, England, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Austria. Later, in 1638, he accompanied King Władysław IV Vasa on a journey to Baden. In both cases he wrote accounts that were subsequently printed and published. Of particular significance among these recollections of European travels are his descriptions of the states (Spain and the Holy Roman Empire) and courts (Madrid and Vienna) of the Habsburgs. Sobieski sheds light on the rulers (Philip III, Matthias I and Ferdinand III) as well as their courtly entourage (family, ministers, clerks, diplomatic corps, informal circles of power and servants). He writes about how the courts functioned, their ceremonies and etiquette, and also about their religious life. He draws our attention to the specific features which distinguished Habsburg courts from the rest of Europe. Moreover, he reveals their role and general significance in 17th-century political reality.
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Jakub Sobieski, przyszły ojciec króla Jana III, to jeden z najwybitniejszych polityków polskich pierwszej połowy XVII wieku. W okresie młodości odebrał staranne wykształcenie, w ramach którego znalazły się studia zagraniczne i podróże po Europie. W latach 1611-1613 odwiedził Niemcy, Anglię, Francję, Hiszpanię, Portugalię, Włochy i Cesarstwo. Później, w roku 1638, towarzyszył królowi Władysławowi IV Wazie w drodze do Baden. Podczas obu tych wypraw prowadził zapiski, które zostały następnie wydrukowane i opublikowane. W relacjach z jego podróży szczególne miejsce zajmują opisy państw (Hiszpania i Cesarstwo) oraz dworów (Madryt i Wiedeń) rządzonych przez Habsburgów. Wiele miejsca poświecił Sobieski panującym władcom (Filip III, Maciej I oraz Ferdynand III) oraz ich otoczeniu (rodzina, dworzanie, ministrowie, duchowni, dyplomaci, służba). Przedstawił obowiązujący na dworach ceremoniał, etykietę, jak również życie religijne. Podkreślał elementy specyficzne dla dworów habsburskich, a przede wszystkim wskazał ich rolę i znaczenie w polityce europejskiej XVII wieku.
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„Lepiej byś był w domu siedział...” − analiza śladów lektury z wybranych egzemplarzy „Peregrynacji do Ziemi Świętej” Mikołaja Krzysztofa Radziwiłła „Sierotki” jako przyczynek do badań nad dawną recepcją dzieła

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Osuch M.
Prace Filologiczne. Literaturoznawstwo
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2021
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issue 11 (14)
295-313
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Peregrynacja do Ziemi Świętej [Peregrination to the Holy Land] by Mikołaj Krzysztof ‘The Orphan’ Radziwiłł was first published in 1601 and within next two hundred years there were fourteen other re-releases of the publication in different languages. The account of the pilgrimage to Jerusalem not only proves Radziwiłł’s comprehensive education and being well read but also presents him as a skilled sixteenth-century documentalist who knows precisely how to attract reader’s attention. The fact that the readers have left a number of underlines, notes, and comments in the preserved copies proves Peregrynacja do Ziemi Świętej to have been a great literary success of those times. This article aims at determining readers’ response to Radziwiłł’s work on the grounds of the results of the provenance research conducted on twenty copies of Peregrynacja do Ziemi Świętej deposited in the Early Printed Books Department of University of Warsaw Library.
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Peregrynacja do Ziemi Świętej autorstwa Mikołaja „Sierotki” Radziwiłła została po raz pierwszy opublikowana w 1601 r., a na przestrzeni kolejnych 200 lat ukazało się 14 jej wznowień w różnych językach. Relacja z pielgrzymki do Jerozolimy jest nie tylko dowodem wszechstronnego wykształcenia i oczytania Radziwiłła, ale też prezentuje autora jako zdolnego szesnastowiecznego dokumentalistę, który doskonale wie, w jaki sposób przyciągnąć uwagę odbiorcy. Peregrynacja zyskała ogromną popularność, czego dowodzą liczne ślady lektury (noty rękopiśmienne, podkreślenia) pozostawione przez czytelników w zachowanych egzemplarzach. Celem artykułu jest określenie recepcji czytelniczej wspomnianego dzieła na podstawie wyników badań proweniencyjnych przeprowadzonych na 20 egzemplarzach Peregrynacji przechowywanych w Gabinecie Starych Druków Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej w Warszawie.
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Między Sławutą a Tarnowem. Podróże współpracowników i administratorów dóbr wołyńskich i ukraińskich ks. Hieronima Sanguszki na przełomie XVIII i XIX wieku

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Kargol T.
Galicja. Studia i materiały
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2021
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issue 7
163-191
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The article presents the journeys of clerks and administrators of Prince Hieronim Sanguszko n Volhynia and Ukraine at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. They travelled to the towns of Sławuta, Antonina, Białogródek and Zasław in Volhynia, Ilińce and Cherkasy in Ukraine, the capitals of the provinces (Żytomierz, Kiev and Kamienic Podolski), and trading cities (Berdyczów and Dubno). The closest associates of Prince Hieronim Sanguszko, such as Antoni Pruszyński and Franciszek Mikoszewski, travelled in the family and property matters of the Sanguszko family outside Russia, to Galicia, where Prince Hieronim Sanguszko owned other estates (Tarnów).
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Artykuł przedstawia podróże współpracowników i oficjalistów ks. Hieronima Sanguszki na Wołyniu i Ukrainie na przełomie XVIII i XIX w. Odbywali oni regularne wyjazdy w interesach ekonomicznych Sanguszków m.in. do miejscowości Sławuta, Antoniny, Białogródka i Zasław na Wołyniu, Ilińce i Czerkasy na Ukrainie, stolic guberni (Żytomierz, Kijów i Kamienic Podolski), miast handlowych (Berdyczów i Dubno). Najbliżsi współpracownicy ks. Hieronima Sanguszki, jak Antoni Pruszyński i Franciszek Mikoszewski, w sprawach rodzinno majątkowych Sanguszków wyjeżdżali poza granice Rosji, do Galicji, gdzie ks. Hieronim Sanguszko posiadał kolejne dobra (Tarnów).
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“The Boundary of the World” – The Beginnings of Tourism in the Bieszczady Mountains in the 19th Century

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Organ M.
Galicja. Studia i materiały
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2021
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issue 7
107-138
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Artykuł uzupełnia lukę w stanie wiedzy o historii turystyki w Bieszczadach Zachodnich, prezentując jej początki w XIX w. Teren ten był rzadko odwiedzany i choć nie postrzegano go jako atrakcyjnego, początki turystycznej „eksploracji” sięgały XIX w. Analiza opiera się na relacjach pamiętnikarskich, wspomnieniach, artykułach prasowych oraz pierwszych przewodnikach turystycznych. W zachowanych relacjach Bieszczady jawią się jako dziki, nieprzystępny obszar, pozbawiony infrastruktury drogowej koniecznej dla podróżnych. Bieszczadzkie bezdroża pokonywano z pobudek sentymentalnych, towarzyskich, handlowych, religijnych i zdrowotnych, początkowo pieszo bądź konno.
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The article fills the gap in the knowledge of the history of tourism in the Western Bieszczady, presenting its beginnings in the 19th century. This area was rarely visited, as it was not perceived as attractive; the beginnings of tourist “exploration” date back to the 19th century. The analysis is based on diary accounts, memoirs, press articles and the first travel guides. In the preserved reports, the Bieszczady Mountains appear as a wild, inaccessible area, devoid of the road infrastructure necessary for travelers. The wilderness of Bieszczady was traversed for sentimental, social, commercial, religious and health reasons, initially on foot or on horseback.
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Remote Islands as Fictional and Metaphorical Places in Cervantes, Fletcher and Shakespeare

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González J. M.
Multicultural Shakespeare: Translation, Appropriation and Performance
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2017
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vol. 15
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issue 30
133-145
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Islands have always occupied a significant place in literature and have been a source of inspiration for the literary imagination. Fictional islands have existed as either lost paradises, or places where law breaks down under physical hardships and a sense of entrapment and oppression. Islands can be sites of exotic fascination, of cultural exchange and of great social and political upheaval. However, they are more than mere locations since to be in a place implies being bound to that place and appropriating it. That means that the islands narrow boundaries, surrounded by the sea and cut off from mainland, can create bridges between the real and the imaginary as a response to cultural and social anxieties, frequently taking the form of eutopias/dystopias, Edens, Arcadias, Baratarias, metatexts, or cultural crossroads, deeply transforming that particular geographical location. This article is concerned with insularity as a way of interrogating cultural and political practices in the early modern period by looking at the works of Cervantes, Fletcher and Shakespeare where insular relations are characterized by tensions of different sort. The arrival of Prospero and Miranda, Periandro and Auristela (The Trials of Persiles and Segismunda), and Albert and Aminta (The Sea Voyage) to their respective islands take us to a different world, revealing different political and cultural interests and generating multiple perspectives on the shifting relationship between culture, society and power.
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Le lettere di Tomasz Kajetan Węgierski scritte durante il viaggio del 1779 attraverso il Veneto

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Kowalczyk M. E.
Italica Wratislaviensia
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2021
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issue 12.2
69-85
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In the rich prose of Tomasz Kajetan Węgierski (1755–1787), a talented poet and satirist, a special place is occupied by a French-language diary. This diary was in the form of letters written during a journey around Italy in 1779. His recipient was a certain Julia, a friend and lover of the poet living in Paris. His letters survived in the Manuscript Section of the Jagiellonian Library in Krakow, though, unfortunately, as an incomplete copy only: just seven letters, written in November and December from Verona, Vicenza, Padua, and Venice, have been preserved entirely. We also have the beginning of an eighth letter, written from Venice. Furthermore, we have the poet’s comments on several missing letters, four of which refer to the city on the lagoon and one to Ferrara. There is also a fragment of a letter from Rome devoted to the catacombs. From its content, we learn that the poet intended to return to the city of St. Mark to see the wedding ceremony of the Venetian Republic with the sea. The aim of this article is to present the motivations that prompted the poet to leave the Polish- Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as to analyse his impressions from his trip around Veneto. It is worth noting that this region was only a stage, though a very important one, on the poet’s route leading to the capital of the Papal States. This Italian region fascinated, surprised, and shocked the Pole, and in his notes, which are full of anecdotes and jokes, we find extensive descriptions of the history and culture of Verona, Vicenza, Padua, and Venice. Also included are more-detailed characteristics of the inhabitants and their customs, as well as all kinds of information about everyday life on the road. Węgierski’s narrative, though different in many respects from the travel descriptions of his predecessors, is quite typical of the century in which he lived.
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Nella ricca produzione in prosa di Tomasz Kajetan Węgierski (1755–1787), poeta e satirico di talento, occupa un posto particolare il diario redatto in francese in forma epistolare durante il suo viaggio in Italia nel 1779. La sua destinataria era una certa Julia, amica parigina e amante del poeta. Le lettere italiane di Węgierski si sono conservate nelle collezioni della Sezione Manoscritti della Biblioteca Jagellonica di Cracovia, purtroppo come copia incompleta. Disponiamo di sette lettere intere, scritte nel novembre e nel dicembre del 1779 da Verona, Vicenza, Padova e Venezia, nonché della parte iniziale di un’ottava, anch’essa datata a Venezia. Inoltre, ci sono pervenuti i commenti di Węgierski ad alcune lettere mancanti, di cui quattro riguardano la città sulla laguna e uno Ferrara. Si è conservata anche una parte di una lettera scritta da Roma e dedicata alle catacombe. Dal suo contenuto veniamo a sapere che il poeta intendeva tornare nella città di San Marco per assistere alla cerimonia dello Sposalizio di Venezia con il mare, che cadeva in concomitanza con la festa dell’Ascensione. Scopo del presente articolo è presentare le ragioni che indussero il poeta nel 1779 a lasciare la Confederazione polacco-lituana e a recarsi in Italia, nonché svolgere un’analisi delle sue lettere, scritte durante il soggiorno nel Veneto. Vale la pena di sottolineare che questa regione costituiva una semplice tappa, per quanto significativa, lungo l’itinerario che conduceva Węgierski nella capitale dello Stato Pontificio. La Venezia Euganea affascinava il polacco, lo sorpendeva e scioccava. Nelle sue note di viaggio, piene di aneddoti e facezie, troviamo ampie descrizioni della storia e della cultura di Verona, Vicenza, Padova e Venezia, estesi ritratti dei suoi abitanti e delle loro usanze, nonché le più svariate informazioni sulla vita quotidiana, raccolte lungo la via. La narrazione di Węgierski, pur differendo per diversi aspetti dalle descrizioni di viaggio dei suoi predecessori, è piuttosto tipica dell’epoca in cui viveva.
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