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Preface
Asahistorian,duringthelasthalf-century,theauthorconductedresearchon
thehistoryofPolandfromtheendoftheMiddleAgestotheendofmoderntimes.
Theseincluded,aboveall,theperiodfromtheconclusionofthePolish-Lithuanian
Union(1385)untilthefallofthePolish-LithuanianCommonwealth(includingthe
KingdomofPolandandtheGrandDuchyofLithuania)asaresultoftheaggression
ofneighboringpowers-Russia,AustriaandPrussia(1795).Apartfromaseriesof
monographsandanalyticalworks,hisoeuvreencompassesatwo-volumesynthe-
sis,entitledPolskawdrugimtysiącleciu[Polandinthesecondmillennium](2007).
PoliticalandreligiousissuesaswellasPolish-Lithuanianrelationsremainedinthe
foregroundofhisinterests.
Historicalcultureformsaprominentpartofthem,especiallyasthecircleofhis
interestsexpandedtoincludetheresearchmethodologyofpoliticalscienceinthefinal
thirtyyears(since1987)attheInstitute(nowtheFaculty)ofPoliticalSciencesand
JournalismoftheAdamMickiewiczUniversityinPoznań.Theestablishmentofthe
PoliticalCultureDepartmentallowedcollectivestudiestobeundertakenwiththepar-
ticipationofdomesticandforeignauthorswhopresentedtheirresultsatvariouscon-
ferences,andthen-from1976-intheKulturapolitycznawPolsce[Politicalculture
inPoland]seriesofpublications(9volumes)andKulturapolitycznawPolsce[Onthe
outskirtsofpolitics](I-XI).
ThetextspublishedinthisvolumeconcernselectedissuesfromthehistoryofPo-
landintheperiodfromthePiastdynastytothepresentday,viewedfromahistoricaland
politicalperspective.Aspecialplaceisdedicatedtothecreativeachievementsoftwo
outstandingmedievalistsand,atthesametime,polyhistorians-HenrykŁowmiański
(1898-1984)andGerardLabuda(1916-2010),whoseactiveparticipationinthecon-
ferencesorganizedbythePoliticalCultureDepartmentenormo
uslyenrichedtheirdeliberationsintermsofsubjectandmethodology.Thisvolume
isdedicatedtothememoryofmyunforgettableGrandMasters.
MarceliKosman