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ItemChrzest pogan-Chrzest Polski. Konwersja ludów pogańskich a rozwój idei wojny świętej. Czy władztwo Mieszka mogło stać się celem wojny świętej? = The baptism of pagans-the baptism of Poland. The conversion of pagans and the development of the idea of holy war. Could Mieszko's realm have been the target of the holy war?(Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, 2017)
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ItemBishop Vincentius of Cracow and his Chronica Polonorum(Brepols Publishers, 2017-01)
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ItemIntroduction to Writing History in Medieval Poland: Bishop Vincentius of Cracow and the 'Chronica Polonorum(Brepols, 2017)Poland’s first native chronicler and a proud contributor to the twelfth century renaissance placed his people’s history on a continuum with the classical world. This work brings to light the importance of Poland in the making of Europe. This volume presents an in-depth analysis of the Chronica Polonorum, one of the greatest works of the twelfth-century renaissance which profoundly influenced history writing in Central Europe. The Chronica Polonorum was written by Poland’s first native historian Vincentius of Cracow. Educated in Paris and Bologna, he was the first canonically elected bishop of Cracow and a participant of the Fourth Lateran Council. The eyewitness accounts given in the Chronica Polonorum offer insights into the development of twelfth-century Poland, the ambitions of its dynasty, the country’s integration into Christendom, and the interaction between the Polish and Western elites. Vincentius’s work is considered a masterpiece in literary erudition grounded in classical training. The historical evidence it presents illuminates the socio-cultural interaction between Poland and the West during the period. Vincentius’s chronicle demonstrates the strong, enduring influence of the history, law, and traditions of ancient Rome in twelfth-century Europe. This book deals with several subjects which have increasingly gained in prominence in English-language scholarship in recent years, such as the development of political culture, the diffusion and growth of ideas, the Christianization of the peripheral regions of Europe, and the interaction between cultural, political, and economic changes. In analysing the work of Vincentius and the Polish historiography of the Chronica Polonorum, this volume provides important insights into the development of the so-called peripheral regions of twelfth-century Europe and Poland’s engagement in the twelfth-century renaissance.
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ItemWriting History in Medieval Poland. Bishop Vincentius of Cracow and the 'Chronica Polonorum'(Brepols, 2017)Poland’s first native chronicler and a proud contributor to the twelfth century renaissance placed his people’s history on a continuum with the classical world. This work brings to light the importance of Poland in the making of Europe. This volume presents an in-depth analysis of the Chronica Polonorum, one of the greatest works of the twelfth-century renaissance which profoundly influenced history writing in Central Europe. The Chronica Polonorum was written by Poland’s first native historian Vincentius of Cracow. Educated in Paris and Bologna, he was the first canonically elected bishop of Cracow and a participant of the Fourth Lateran Council. The eyewitness accounts given in the Chronica Polonorum offer insights into the development of twelfth-century Poland, the ambitions of its dynasty, the country’s integration into Christendom, and the interaction between the Polish and Western elites. Vincentius’s work is considered a masterpiece in literary erudition grounded in classical training. The historical evidence it presents illuminates the socio-cultural interaction between Poland and the West during the period. Vincentius’s chronicle demonstrates the strong, enduring influence of the history, law, and traditions of ancient Rome in twelfth-century Europe. This book deals with several subjects which have increasingly gained in prominence in English-language scholarship in recent years, such as the development of political culture, the diffusion and growth of ideas, the Christianization of the peripheral regions of Europe, and the interaction between cultural, political, and economic changes. In analysing the work of Vincentius and the Polish historiography of the Chronica Polonorum, this volume provides important insights into the development of the so-called peripheral regions of twelfth-century Europe and Poland’s engagement in the twelfth-century renaissance.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableHoly War and Proto-Crusading. Twelfth-Century Justifications for the Campaigns against the Pomeranians and Prussians(Brepols Publishers, 2016-01)
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ItemBishop Vincentius of Cracow and Chronica Polonorum(Australian Early Medieval Association, 2016)The Latin chronicle written by Bishop Vincentius of Cracow at the turn of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries is a key source to the history of Poland and influenced centuries of history writing. The chronicle is a masterpiece of the twelfth-century renaissance, and draws heavily on the heritage of antiquity. Throughout the text, Vincentius reveals himself to be a master of allegory and historical metaphor, through which he builds the narrative of history of his people as well as offers a commentary on human behaviour, God’s law, and human fate. Vincentius likens himself to a dwarf on whose shoulders his dynastic sponsor placed the burden of Atlas. Vincentius’ work demonstrates his pride in the Poles being an integral part of universal human history. Through the literary means of the chronicle, Vincentius, drawing on his education and erudition which was firmly placed in the intellectual world of western Europe in the twelfth century, gives meaning to the achievements of the Poles. This article explores the life of Vincentius and provides an analysis of the Polish clergyman’s writings aiming at outlining his construct of a history of the Poles, which emphasised law and dynastic heritage.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableŚwięte wojny Piastów(Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2017)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableThe Second Crusade(Brepols Publishers, 2015-01)
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ItemOd misji do wojny świętej i krucjaty. Chrzest pogan w kręgu środkowoeuropejskim a ideologia krucjatowa.(Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu in Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, 2016)The first monograph to discuss the dissemination of Christianity throughout the European continent and in its immediate vicinity in the first millennium AD appeared in print in 2014 (The Christianisation of Europe. The Church at the Turn of the Second Millennium, Józef Dobosz, Jerzy Strzelczyk (eds), Poznan 2014). This volume seeks to explore the expansion of Christianity in 'the Younger Europe': Central and Eastern Europe and Scandinavia. The book comprises several contributions from leading medievalists, who trace the processes of Christianisation in particular political structures of 'the Younger Europe' (the Scandinavian countries, Saxony, Bohemia, Hungary, Rus', the areas inhabited by the Baits and the steppe peoples of Central and Eastern Europe) and examine issues relating to the missionary doctrine of the then Church, the idea of holy war, the approaches of societies embracing the new religion, the consequences of Christianisation and its perception in collective memory.
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ItemNORTHERN CRUSADES: BETWEEN HOLY WAR AND MISSION(ROUTLEDGE, 2016)