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HONOR DISGRACED: PRE-WORLD WAR II DESERTIONS OF POLISH ARMY OFFICERS During the Interwar period, desertions plagued the Polish Army. Many officers were counted among the thousands of rank-and-file soldiers who deserted prior to 1939. The d...

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Polska racja stanu i legalizacja przez Józefa Piłsudskiego przewrotu majowego 1926

THE POLISH REASON OF STATE AND THE LEGALIZATION OF THE MAY 1926 COUP D’ÉTAT BY JÓZEF PIŁSUDSKI Having unconstitutionally seized power in the military coup of May 1926, Józef Piłsudski lacked an immediate legal framework that legitimized hi...

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Doktryna protestancka na kartach śląskich druków kalendarzowych do połowy XVIII w.

PROTESTANT DOCTRINE IN SILESIAN CALENDARS BEFORE THE MID-18TH CENTURY This article looks at the issue of confesionality and the presence of Protestant doctrine in early modern calendars produced in Silesia. The article is based on an exami...

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Filip Kubiaczyk, Cesarz Karol V. Klęska polityki, triumf idei

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Stanislav Piętak, David Pindur, Daniel Spratek, Dějiny evangelíků na Těšínsku od reformace do tolerance

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The Polish Village in the Face of Political, Social and Economic Changes From 1772-1815: A Study of Western Lesser Poland (Małopolska)

The article examines the impact of social, economic and political changes of the second half of 18th century and the beginning of 19th century on the functioning of rural society of Lesser Poland province. The study considers the situation...

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The Immigration of Galician Jews to Hungary in the Age of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, 1867-1914

This study is concerned with the immigration of Galician Jews to Hungary. The first section examines the newspapers in circulation in the counties along the border and asks: What rhetorical devices did they use, and what commonplaces did t...

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XVII-wieczna Anglia w relacji gdańszczanina Nathana Schrödera

17TH-CENTURY ENGLAND IN THE RELATIONSHIP OF NATHAN SCHRÖDER FROM GDAŃSK The aim of this article is to present Nathan Schröder’s voyage to England as described in his travel diary. A citizen of Gdansk, Schröder embarked on an educational an...

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Misja dyplomatyczna Thomasa Bodleya do krajów niemieckich i Danii w 1585 r. na tle poselstw Daniela Rogersa (1585 i 1588) oraz Johna Skeena i Wilhelma Stewarta (1590)

LATE-ELIZABETHAN DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS: A STUDY COMPARING THE LEGACIES OF THOMAS BODLEY, DANIEL ROGERS, JOHN SKEEN, AND WILLIAM STEWART TO THE COURTS OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE KING OF DENMARK Sir Thomas Bodley is not known well in and...

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Nowe spojrzenie na uroczystości żałobne cesarza Rudolfa II Habsburga

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Strzelcy moskiewscy w latach 1550-1723

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Królestwo anarchii. W poszukiwaniu nowożytnych wyobrażeń o Rzeczypospolitej i jej mieszkańcach

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Franco’s Choice: The Reevaluation of Spain’s Neutrality and Non-Belligerence During the Second World War

General Francisco Franco established his dictatorship in Spain in 1939 after winning the Civil War fought against the democratic Republican government. The same year, the Second World War broke out. The Caudillo wanted his country to remai...

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Wróżki i zacofanie irlandzkich chłopów w świetle wybranych dziewiętnastowiecznych dzienników z podróży

THE ROLE OF FAIRIES IN THE LIVES OF IRISH PEASANTS AND THEIR DEPICTION IN SELECTED NINETEENTH-CENTURY TRAVELOGUES Life in the nineteenth-century Irish countryside was not easy. Irish peasants lived in abject poverty and struggled to make e...

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Hrabina du Barry jako faworyta Ludwika XV (1768-1774)

COUNTESS DU BARRY AS A ROYAL FAVORITE OF LOUIS XV (1768-1774) Jeanne Bécu, countess du Barry, was the last favorite of King Louis XV of France. As a woman of the people, with no property, no name and an unclear past, she became the heroine...

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