Adam Vetulani – nieugięty uczony
Adam Vetulani – Uncompromising Scholar

Summary/Abstract: Piotr Biliński, Adam Vetulani. Historyk prawa polskiego i kanonicznego, Kraków 2023, ss. 414Piotr Biliński’s Adam Vetulani. Historyk prawa polskiego i kanonicznego (Kraków 2023) isdevoted to an outstanding scholar. Vetulani was a professor at the Jagiellonian University,secretary general of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, and vice-president of theMain Board of the Polish Historical Society. During World War II, he served as a delegateof the National Culture Fund in Switzerland. He was active in the Polish People’s Party.Repressed by communist authorities, he withdrew from political life during the Stalinistperiod, remaining under surveillance by the security services. In the Polish People’s Repub-lic, he focused on science. Among his university colleagues and students, he was admiredfor his courageous and dignifi ed ideological stance during a period of intense ideologicalpressure. This biography is a reliable, engaging and factually rich study, fi lling the gap inthe absence of a separate monographic study dedicated to Adam Vetulani.

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