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Adam Mickiewicz’s Pan Tadeusz (in English: Sir Thaddeus, or the Last Lithuanian Foray), the national epic poem, was first published in June 1834. It was perceived as a idyllic work, full of happiness and very ideal heroes. However, one of the most problem of this poem is treason! It is very important to put a question: what is treason in the strict sense of the word? There are a lot of kinds of treason or only one? Is it possible to betray own country on account of favouriting strange fashion, customs or painting? In Pan Tadeusz Mickiewicz intended to stand up for the Polish tradition. He had a high opinion of loyalty, steadiness and the selfless sense of duty.
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This paper analyses the 26th chapter of the III book of Magister Vincentius’s Chronica Polonorum which tells the story of the Bolesław Krzywousty (Wrymouth) campaign to Hungary in 1132. the culmination point of Vincentius account is the scene in which the prince Bolesław is first, betrayed by his knight, and then saved by the simple peasant. the scene is complemented by a description of the honours the peasant received and the terrible death of the traitor who was forced to commit suicide in his private chapel. this narration draws attention, first of all, because it was not usual for the chronicler – as it was pointed out by alexander Murray – to write about suicide. secondly because the act was triggered by a triple gift of yarn, spindle and spinning wheel. inspired by Roland Barthes’s model of structural analysis of the narrative, this article aims to identify, why the author of the chronicle decided to include this scene and to reconstruct the possible justification for such shocking figure to appear in the medieval text. with reference to two other accounts – the 155th chapter of the Great Poland Chronicle and Cosmas’s Chronica Bohemorum I, 13 – a link between the treason, kingship, suicide and the evangelical and apocryphical figure of Judas – the suicide can be established. the study of the Vincentius’s suicide scene is a case in point of how the biblical image provided medieval chroniclers with a semantic framework to understand the historical process.
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The article discusses the history of the Nasjonal Samling party (founded in 1933) and its leader Vidkun Quisling – a military, politician and prime minister of the collaborative government of occupied Norway in 1942–1945. Currently, Norwegian fascism of the 1930s and 1940s does not serve as a popular exemplification of fascist ideology, although unlike many other European movements of this type, it managed to gain power in its own country. However, this happened only after Quisling entered into an alliance with Germany and the Third Reich attacked Norway. The history of Quisling and his party seems to prove the bankruptcy of his ideas, which never gained popularity in Norwegian society.
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There is a distinct division in judgements on W. Jaruzelski between people who regard him as a defender of socialism, and those who treat him as a traitor. In fact, Jaruzelski was nether of them. The analysis of his government policy indicates that he upholded the interests of the privilidged ruling group, that had developed into exploitative social class during the period of „real socialism” and perceived the further realisation of its interests only through systemic transformation towards capitalism. The Martial Law was not a form of securing socialism but a move to prepare conditions for overtly capitalist transformation.
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Alfred Redl was born in 1864 in Lemberg, Galicia, the Austrian Empire (now Lviv, Ukraine). He rose quickly within the officer ranks of the Austro-Hungarian k. u. k. (Imperial and Royal) Army. Redl attended the War School in Vienna, with extraordinary success. Having acquired Russian language skills and Russian military issues, Redl joined the Intelligence Bureau of the Austro- Hungarian General Staff. Redl became apparently a spy for Russia and he got plenty of money for his seeming betrayal; in any case he lived a life of luxury. With the help of a secret service covered operation he was caught in a trap and committed suicide in 1913 – without an interrogation or inquiry. This essay points out some oddity of that case and tries to give new clues to the master narrative. The essay underlines the hypothesis that he was an agent with a “for eyes only” mission and he uncovered some secrets which were too close to highest representatives of Austrian Empire.
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On 18 June 1388 in Malbork a number of lords from Great Poland signed a treaty with the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order Konrad Zöllner von Rotenstein concerning supplying him with military aid against Władysław Jagiełło, the king of Poland, which would include, among other things, allowing the Order to use the “castles” belonging to them whenever they needed. The paper identifies those lords and puts forward a hypothesis concerning the motifs which led them to the betrayal of the Polish monarch. In the appendix two sources are published: the document of 18 June 1388 and the documents of Wierzbięta of Smogulec dated 29 July 1390 and 25 July 1391.
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18 VI 1388 r. w Malborku kilku wielkopolskich panów zawarło układ z wielkim mistrzem zakonu krzyżackiego Konradem Zöllnerem von Rotenstein w sprawie udzielenia mu pomocy zbrojnej przeciwko królowi Polski Władysławowi Jagielle, polegającej m.in. na udostępnieniu Krzyżakom na ich każde życzenie należących do nich „zamków”. W artykule dokonujemy identyfikacji owych wielkopolskich panów, przedstawiamy również hipotezy dotyczące pobudek, które doprowadziły ich do popełnienia zdrady wobec polskiego monarchy. W aneksie zostały również opublikowane dwa źródła: wspomniany dokument z 18 VI 1388 r. oraz dokumenty Wierzbięty ze Smogulca z 29 VII 1390 i 25 VII 1391 r.
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The article discusses the political (and potentially emancipatory) meaning of refusal. Against the dominating philosophical perspective, praising participation and sense of community, it argues that the acts of refusal may (or even must) play an important role in resistance against power. Some elements of a possible theory of refusal are to be found in the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, especially in his famous essay on Herman Melville’s Bartleby, the Scrivener, but also in Dialogues (with C. Parnet) and Mille Plateaux (with Félix Guattari), where he coins the crucial concept of becoming-imperceptible.
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The chief protagonist in the fragments of the Old Czech Alexandreida is usually interpreted as a hero embodying the virtues of a sovereign. This study offers an alternative reading in a comparison with Gautier de Châtillon’s Alexandreida and Ulrich von Etzenbach’s Alexander. The passages set in Troy, Jerusalem and Libya show that the Old Bohemian Alexander rises high only to fall again. This fall is not brought about by any prideful intemperance, as in other versions, but takes the form of a betrayal of the sovereign ruler, the Lord, which mirrors the betrayal to which succumbed Alexander’s father Philip and is underpinned by the fickleness of Alexander’s gigantesque heart.
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Artykuł jest omówieniem doświadczeń emigracyjnych znanej pisarki, Zofii Kossak oraz rozumienia przez nią obowiązków spoczywających na twórcy w trudnych latach 1939–1956. Na podstawie wiadomości biograficznych, listów pisarki, jej wspomnień i opinii osób, które ją znały staram się zrekonstruować najważniejsze momenty jej emigracyjnego życia. Trudności życia na emigracji w przypadku Zofii Kossaak wynikały z obiektywnych realiów życia (tęsknota za krajem, trudne warunki życia, ciężka praca na farmie), jak i z jawnej wrogości środowisk emigracyjnych w Londynie i Paryżu. Pisarka nieustannie była posądzana o zdradę narodową. Konflikt dotyczył różnic światopoglądowych i ideologicznych oraz poglądów na temat roli pisarza na emigracji.
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This article is a discussion experience of emigration famed writer Zofia Kossak and it’s trying to understand her obligations on developers in the difficult years of 1939–1956. Based on biographical messages, letters, writer, her memories and opinions of people who knew her, I try to reconstruct the most important moments of her life in exile. The difficulty of living in exile in the case of Zofia Kossaak resulted from the objective realities of life (homesickness, difficult living conditions, hard work on the farm) and with overt hostility emigration circles in London and Paris. She was constantly accused of treason. The conflict concerned philosophical and ideological differences and views on the role of the writer in exile.
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