One of the main purposes of historical education at post-secondary school is to present to students history of Europe understood as a common civilisation. According to their opinion, the fact thatKievan Rus’ had received ...

This is a paper presented at the meeting organized at Paris in 2012 to commemorate the 50 years of activity of the Center of Polish Culture at Sorbonne. The Center was organized by Bronislaw Geremek, an eminent Polish ...

The biblical passage concerning the siege of Jerusalem by David (2 Sam. 5:6-10), has drawn scholarly attention numerous times over the years. The formula of exclusion of the blind and lame from the Hebrew cult, which became ...

Social studies and anthropology, based on ethnographical research, take for granted the role of large populous groups in defining ethnicity. Self-definitions of the group, as well as definition by others, are interpreted ...

Nell’alto medioevo la pratica di uccidere la moglie che non rispettava le norme accettate (infrangendo il codice sessuale, complottando contro il marito, praticando la stregoneria) o che era semplicemente sospettata di ...

En 1239 et en 1241 Saint Louis procéda à la translation de la Couronne d ’Épines et de la Vraie Croix à Paris; par la suite les reliques furent déposées dans la nouvelle chapelle palatine à Paris, la Sainte-Chapelle, ...

Artykuł przedstawia rozwój praw politycznych i form uczestnictwa szlachty we władzy na tle przemian ustrojowych od schyłku XIV do końca XVII w. Charakterystycznym rysem tych przeobrażeń była aktywizacja i wzrost aspiracji ...

Dokumenty z Archiwum Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, wspomnienia Ireny Krudowskiej i Stanisławy Płaskowickiej oraz materiały pozostawione przez Stanisława Kryczyńskiego pozwalają rzucić nieco światła na pierwsze lata seminarium ...