Pamięć i przeszłość w Kronice polskiej Anonima tzw. Galla
Memory and the Past in the Polish Chronicle by Gallus Anonymous

Summary/Abstract: The content of the chronicle, as a rule, expresses the subject of the memory (in Latin memoria,- ae) placed at the chronicler’s disposal and assimilated by him, but not necessarily referred directly to. Nevertheless, chroniclers writing in Latin tended to use in their works words such as: memoro,-are; memor,-oris; or just memoria,-ae. This kind of additional reference to memory in a text that is by its nature a report precisely from memory, leads to the question of the nature of the historian’s usage of remembering. Gallus Anonymous, used words with the root memor- 49 times in his text.The analysis of memoriae in the Gallus’ chronicle leads us to discover tendencies present in Cronica et gesta..., helping to grasp the historical beliefs of the chronicler, to penetrate the world of his values. The Chronicle’s title may seem to suggest that it is going to describe mainly the deeds of Polish rulers (Polonorum), which is only partially true. Persons and historical events, which according to the author are considered digna memoriae, co-create, almost without exception, the Latin world, marked by imperial universalism. The chronicler announced that his account would omit the history of those who were “defiled by error and idolatry”, which probably included Christians of the Cyril-Methodian rite.

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