Insurrection tradition in interwar Poland: the case of Stefan Kieniewicz Cover Image

Tradycja insurekcyjna w międzywojennej Polsce: przypadek Stefana Kieniewicza
Insurrection tradition in interwar Poland: the case of Stefan Kieniewicz

Author(s): Marcin Wolniewicz
Subject(s): History, Oral history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: history of historiography;Polish historiography;national uprisings; insurgent tradition; Second Polish Republic;Stefan Kieniewicz;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the interpretation of national uprisings in Stefan Kieniewicz’s historical thought in the interwar period. The primary source material is his books on Ignacy Działyński (1754–1797), Adam Sapieha (1828–1903), and the Poznań Uprising of 1848. Analysing them, the author asks the following questions: How did the vision of the uprisings change in these texts? How did this picture relate to the pre-war disputes about the uprisings? What has survived from this vision, and what was its function in the post-war interpretations of the article’s protagonist?

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 123-148
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Polish