User:Piotrus/Bookshelf
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After some talks, I realised that some of the books I have are fairly rare (especially outside Poland) and contain important historical information. I create this partial list of books I have access to, and their subjects, so that you may request information on any of those, or even borrow them. The below list is never complete, and won't list some genral books (like Davies God's Playground etc.) :>
Contents |
[edit] History of democracy
to do.
[edit] Polish history to PLC
- Paweł Jasienica, Polska Piastów (Piast Poland), 1974. The fist book in the Jasienica classic history of Poland.
- Paweł Jasienica, Ostatnia z rodu (Last of the family), 1965, on Anna Jegiellonka, last of the Jagiellon Dynasty
[edit] Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Władysław Czapliński, Na dworze króla Wladysława IV, (On the court of king Władysław IV Waza), 1959, likely a first brief version of his larger work (see below)
- Władysław Czapliński, Władysław IV i jego czasy (Władysław IV and his times), 1974. Title sais it all.
- Andzrzej Garlicki, Poczet królów i książąt polskich (List of Polish kings and princes), 1980, an overview,
- Zygmunt Glogler, Encyklopedia Staropolska (The Old Polish Encyclopedia) 1972, great list of all terms, old language phrases and some personas from PLC era,
- Zbignew Góralski, Urzędy i godności w dawnej Polsce (Offices and positions in old Poland), 1953, a good overview of the above. See also this online overview of the same subject by Przemysław Bielewicz
- Paweł Jasienica, Rzeczospolita Objojga Narodów (The PLC), 1967. Jasienica classic overview of PLC.
- Jerzy Łojek, Geneza i obalenie konstytucji 3 Maja, 1986, and foreign relations of the Commonwealth 1787-1992
- Henryk Kocój. Francja wobec Sejmu Wielkiego (France and the Great Sejm), 2001, Sejm of 1788-1792
- Henryk Kocój, Upadek Konstytucji 3 maja w świetle korespondecji Fryderyka Wiljelma II z posłem pruskim w Warszawie Girolamo Lucchesinim (Fall of 3rd May constitution in the light of Frideric Wilhelm II correspondence with prussian envoy in Warsaw Girolamo Luchesini), 2002. About 3rd May constitution, Prussian agenda based on official correspondence
- Jacek Komuda, Warchoły i pijanice, czyli poczet hultajów z czasów Rzeczpospolitej szlacheckiej, 2004. Biographies of (in)famous troublemakers from the times of PLC, plus a short but great overview of the PLC legal system.
- Jerzy Kowecki, Konstytucja 3 maja, 1981, some essays and the Constitution itself,
- Dariusz Kołodziejczak, Ejalet Kamieniceki: Podole pod panowaniem Tureckim 1672-1699, 1994, (Podole under Ottoman Empire) and Polish-Ottoman relations in that period
- L. Kubala, Szkice historyczne: Mieszczanin polski w XVII wieku (Polish townsfolk in the 17th century). Tiny and old (at lest pre-IIWW, no date of publication).
- Władysław Łoziński, Prawem i lewem: Obyczaje na Czerwonej Rusi w pierwszej połowie XVII wieku (With law and without it: Customs in 'Red Russia' PLC voivodships in the first half of the 17th century). 2005 edition of one of the best books about szlachta (from early 20th century). Large discussion with many examples of one of the most violent areas of the PLC. The Wild East - Dzikie Pola.
- Władyslaw Łoziński, Życie w Polsce w dawnych wiekach (Life in Poland in the old times), 1978, a great description of szlachta life and culture
- Roman T. Marchwiński, 'Geografia Polski Marcina Kromera' (On Polish Geography of Martin Kromer), 1997, discussion of Kromer's great 16th century book,
- Antoni Mączak, Życie codzienne w podróżach po Europie w XVI i XVII wieku (Everyday life during Europan voyages in 16th and 17th century), 1978 - a fascinating series of essays and a collection of real letters/memoires, revealing how people travelled in that era
- Jerzy Malec, Szkice z dziejów federalizmu i myśli federalistycznych w czasach nowożytnych (Drafts from history of federalism and its thought in modern times), 1999, Polish language. Covers union of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, attempted union of Polish-Lithuanian-Muscovy Commonwealth (1570s-1650s) and briefly compares them to similar federalism projects in Germany and France
- Hanna Malewska, Listy staropolskie z epoki Wazów (Letters from Vasa era), 1977, a beautiful collection of varioys letters from the times of Vasa dynasty in PLC.
- Mirosław Nagielski (red.), Hetmani Rzeczpospolitej Obojga Narodów (Hetmans of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth), 1995, a collection of biographies of most famous hetmans
- Kazimierz Piwarski, Historia Śląska (History of Silesia), 1947, nice regional history but very strong Polish anti-German POV,
- Leszek Podhorecki, Stanisław Koniecpolski ok. 1592-1646, 1978, great biography of Stanisław Koniecpolski
- Wacław Potocki, Wojna Chocimska (the Chocim War), 1880 (! - yes, orginal 19th century edition). Witness discussion of late part of Moldavian Magnate Wars (battle of Chocim) and such.
- Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł, Pamiętnik (memoires), Tome I: 1632-1636, A great reprint of the memoires of the Great Lithuanian Chancellor.
- Lucyna Sadko (red.), Konstytucja 3 Maja w relacjach posła saskiego Franciszka Essena (3rd May constitution in the letters of Saxsony's envoy Franciszek Essen)
- Alojzy Sajkowski, Staropolska miłość (Love in the PLC), 1981, on love and gender in the PLC
- Saturnin Sobol, Tajemnic polskich rodów arystokratycznych (Secrets of the Polish artistocratic families), 2000, a brief description of magnateria and famous PLC artistocrats and families
- Katarzyna Stępińska, Pałace i zamki w Polsce (Palaces and castles in Poland), 1977, lots of pictures
- Janusz Tazbir, Sarmaci i świat (Sarmatians and the world), 2001. A series of essays about how szlachta viewed rest of the world, and what they knew about it. Among relevant concepts: New Wolrd colonisation and slavery, reformation, Germany, Orient and Turkey, Hungary, stereotypes, ksenophoby
- Wacław Uruszczak, Polonica w korespondencji królowej szwedzkiej Krystyny (Poland in the correspondence of Swedish queen Christina), 2001,
- Adam Walaszek, 1982, Trzy relacje z Polskich podrózy na wschód muzułmański w perwszej połowie XVII wieku (Three relations from the Poles voyages on the Muslim east in the first half of the 17th centiry), 1588 from envoy to Persia, 1630 to sultan of Ottoman empire, 1640
- Henryl Winer, Najjaśniejsza Rzeczpospolita: Szkice z czasów Zygmunta III Wazy i Władysława IV Wazy (Englightened Rzeczpospolita: Drafts from the times of...). Culture and politics, various subjects.
- Andrzej Wyczański, Polska Rzeczpospolita Szlachecka, 1965. An interesting historical overview concentrating on econony, politics and culture. As far as culture go, it is more academic then Łoziński, although a bit more diffucult to read. Politic and economy section are much more interesting, although some communist bias can be spotted. Still, it is a fairly good publications if one wants to read on those subjects, as the author does good job sectioning (i.e. when he writes on economy, economy it is for 20 pages).
- Romantyczna Gawęda Szlachecka - 1999, on szlachta's culture, collection of poems, short stories and essays from 19th century,
- Władysław IV w grafice XVII i XVIII wieku (Wladislaw IV in the graphics of 17th and 18th century)
Map:
- Władysław Czapliński and Tadeusz Ładogórski (ed.), The historical atlas of Poland, 1981. A truly great set of maps, covering even such events as the Polish-Soviet War and some military maps (like of the Battle of Oliwa or Battle of Kircholm). Of course, as any print publication it is far from comprehensive, but it is the best atlas - printed or online - about Polish history I have seen so far. As a bonus, it has an English language version.
Non-academic:
- Leszek Podhorecki novelisation on Stanisław Koniecpolski, 1969, MON series
- Tadeusz Nowak novelisation on Kazimierz Siemienowicz, 1969, MON series
- Dzikie Pola: Rzeczpospolita w Ogniu, 2005. This is a role-playing game. Nonetheless it contains one of the best overviews of PLC geography and regions I have ever read, and its sections on culture and politics are great, based on Jacek Komuda works and definetly taking much from Łoziński's classics.
Other
- Almust Bues, Historia Niemiec XVI-XVIII wieku (German history from 16th to 18th century), 1998,
- Pamiętniki Kardynała Retza (Memoires of Cardinal Retz), 1958
[edit] Second Polish Republic
- Tadeusz Filar, U stóp krolewskiego Wawelu; Społeczność ukraińska w Krakowie w latach 1918-1939 (At the feet of royal Wawel: Ukrainian society in Kraków from 1918-1939). Title sais it all. A great academic study by a person I know personally and highly respect.
- Jacek Kobluszewski, Kresy, 1995, nice pictures but more like a photo album then a scientific publication
