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Among many source-documented old forgeries and mystifications, after a short introduction the author presents three examples, one from the 18th century, two from the 19th century, all directly or indirectly related to Poland, and belonging to the category of mystifications aimed at glorifying the nation by demonstrating its antiquity and/or high culture. The precursor of this tradition was the Scottish author from 18th century James Macpherson with his tales of Ossian, and in the 19th century the most notorious were the supposedly ancient (actually created by Vaclav Hanka) Old Czech manuscripts. Their historical significance or artistry could not be matched by the chronicle of alleged Prokosz, revealed and published in print by Hipolit Kownacki in 1825, attempting to push back the origins of Poland deeply before the version perpetuated for many centuries by the bishop of Krakow Wincenty Kadłubek. The main subject of the essay, in addition to briefly recounting the chronicle’s content, is the scholarly discussion held in the 19th century and resumed in our times by supporters of the theory about the supposedly millennia-long history of Slavs/Poles. In addition, the article discussed the issue of the so-called Prillwitz idols (from Mecklenburg), discovered in the 18th century and considered at the time to be evidence of the religious cult of the Polabian Slavs; and the revealed in the mid-19th century stones from Mikorzyn with supposed runes and figures of Slavic deities.
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Spośród wielu udokumentowanych źródłowo dawnych fałszerstw i mistyfikacji, po krótkim wstępie, autor przedstawia trzy przykłady, jeden z XVIII wieku, dwa z XIX wieku, wszystkie bezpośrednio lub pośrednio związane z Polską, należące do kategorii mistyfikacji, mających na celu gloryfikację narodu poprzez wykazanie jego starożytności i/lub wysokiej kultury. Prekursorem tej tradycji był szkocki pisarz z XVIII wieku, James Macpherson, z opowieściami o Osjanie, a w XIX wieku najgłośniejsze były rzekomo starożytne (w rzeczywistości stworzone przez Vaclava Hankę) rękopisy staroczeskie. Ich historycznej doniosłości i artyzmowi nie dorównywała kronika rzekomego Prokosza, ujawniona i wydana drukiem przez Hipolita Kownackiego w 1825 r., próbująca cofnąć początki Polski głęboko przed wersję utrwaloną przed wiekami przez biskupa krakowskiego Wincentego Kadłubka. Głównym tematem artykułu, oprócz krótkiego przypomnienia treści kroniki, jest dyskusja naukowa prowadzona w XIX wieku i wznowiona w naszych czasach przez zwolenników teorii o rzekomo tysiącletniej historii Słowian/Polaków. Ponadto, w artykule omówiono kwestię tzw. idoli prillwickich (z Meklemburgii), odkrytych w XVIII w. i uznawanych wówczas za dowód kultu religijnego Słowian Połabskich; oraz ujawnionych w połowie XIX w. kamieni z Mikorzyna z rzekomymi runami i postaciami bóstw słowiańskich.
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The science of history, not only in Poland, faces serious dilemmas at the beginning of the 21st century, there being no indications that, similarly to its past status especially in the 19th century, it can aspire to the role of one of the major factors of social consciousness. Following the liberation (by far inconsistent and often mistrusted) of history as a science from rendering undue services of a non-pertinent nature it experienced and still does, erosive influences exerted by numerous theoretical trends and currents that put into question the validity and genuineness of the scientific character of history. Enormous progress in the field of heuristics and research organization (the latter disputable at times) does not always yield the expected fruits. The essay focuses on the “external” conditions and manifestations of the science of history in Poland, both of a positive and negative nature, only briefly touching upon some current research proposals. Then, on the example of medieval studies the author presents the current problems and achievements of this science, to show among others that many of the postulates and expectations of contemporary methodology and theory of history are actually realized in medieval studies. The concluding part brings reflections of a more general nature on the issue of contemporary place and tasks of the science of history.
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Ernst (-Hartwig) Kantorowicz, born in Poznań (then Germany) in 1895, died in Princeton in 1963, is one of the most distinguished and influential historians (mediaevalists) of the 20th century. A descendent of an affluent Jewish-German (totally naturalized) family, after the rebirth of the Polish state in 1918 moved together with the family to Germany, took part in the World War I, struggled against the Polish insurgents and against the communists in Berlin and Munich, studied a.o. in Heidelberg, where he joined the famous Stefan George circle. After publishing the monograph on Emperor Frederick the Second (1927-1931) he have been callingas professor in Frankfurt a.M., as consequence to the decisions of the Nazi-government he retired in 1933/1934 and eventually in 1938 emigrated to Great Britain and finally to the USA, where (first in Berkeley Ca., then in Princeton) he lived and worked until his death. Besides his fundamental monographs and studies on the medieval political liturgy (Laudes regiae 1946) and the political theology (The Kings’ Two Bodies 1957), his life was characterized by an extraordinary stable opinion and the determination to defend it, as was proved first in 1933 in Nazi- Germany and the second time in Berkeley in 1949 (during the s.c. Loyalty Oath Controversion). This article is an abbreviated and partially changed version of the introduction to the Polish translation of the main work by Kantorowicz (The King’s Two Bodies), to appear in this year.
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On September 25-26th 2014 the Institute of History, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, has organized a conference „Christianization of Europe. The Church at the turn of the first and second millenium”. It was the first of planned three conferences which preceed the 1050 anniversary of the baptism received by Polish prince Mieszko I in 966 and the official introduction of Christianity to Poland. Prof. Strzelczyk was one of the main organizers of this conference and the discussion reported below touches the subjects related to his professional career as a historian, focusing on the study of the history of Christian missions in Middle Ages.
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Translatory achievements of medieval women are rarely discussed. In antiquity Greek and Roman writings were practically all composed in two languages. Because Latin women’s writing did not reach sophistication, or at least we do not possess the evidence for it, Greek dominated. In the early Middle Ages the situation changed: Latin became dominant, and the writing in Greek was no longer well recognized. While the literary examination used to focus on high culture, the value of such high-brow products was assessed according to the criterion of originality. Low culture and its writings were largely disregarded. Translation, a low-brow representative, could not easily prove its originality. Comments about it are rather infrequent in early compendia of medieval literature. This absence may be partly explained by the fact that originality itself was not held in high regard in the Middle Ages. Only recently has the growing research into social and legal conditions of early women as well as into their varied cultural and literary expressions brought them a deserved recognition.
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The problem of the sanctity of rulers, lively discussed in science, especially in the times closer to us, due to the extent of the issue, was only signaled in the introductory part of the article. In the science to date, at least outside the Balkans, this question has been raised rather exceptionally and briefly. It deserves attention, however, since the phenomenon of the cult of the rulers, as far as medieval Slavdom is concerned, occurred in more developed forms (apart from the case of St. Wenceslas in Bohemia) only in Kievan Rus, during the period of Mongolian domination, and (again apart from the isolated and questionable case of Carantania) in two regions of southern Slavdom: to a modest extent in the early Bulgarian state and on a much larger scale in Serbia. The article depicts the development of the cult of the holy rulers in these countries, factors conducive to it, their importance in spiritual life, and political turmoil (especially after the conquest of the Ottoman Turks - the tradition of the Battle of Kosovo), also gives some examples of relevant hagiographic literature, mainly developed by the Serbs.
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The paper is an attempt at defining the main signs and lines of development of global Slavic thought from the Middle Ages until the 20th and 21st centuries.
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Artykuł stanowi próbę określenia głównych przejawów i linii rozwojowych myśli ogólnosłowiańskiej poczynając od średniowiecza po wiek XX i XXI.
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Vox Patrum
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1984
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vol. 6
458-460
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