Monastery as a Symbol of the Values of Human Existence. Interview with the Benedictine Michał Gronowski Cover Image

Kláštor ako symbol hodnôt ľudskej existencie. Rozhovor s benediktínom Michalom Gronowski
Monastery as a Symbol of the Values of Human Existence. Interview with the Benedictine Michał Gronowski

Author(s): Rastislav Kožiak
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: VERBUM - vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku
Keywords: Michal Gronowski; Interview

Summary/Abstract: Dr hab. Michał T. Gronowski, OSB, is a Polish historian, medievalist, who deals with the medieval history of Benedictine communities in Poland and Europe. He works as a chief editor of the Tyniec publishing house as well as custodian of the museum and archive of the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec near Cracow. He also lectures at the Institute of history, University of Silesia in Katowice, where he teaches courses on history of medieval culture and monastic life. He has studied as visiting scholar at the University La Sapienza in Rome, at Max-Planck-Institut für Geschichte, at the Center for Medieval Studies of the Utrecht University and at the Universities of Bologna and Göttingen. He is an author of two monographs: Zwyczajny klasztor, zwyczajni mnisi. Wspólnota tyniecka w średniowieczu(Cracow, 2007), and Spór o tradycję. Cluny oczyma swoich i obcych : pomiędzy pochwałą a negacją (Cracow, 2013).

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 119-125
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Slovak