The Bar Confederation in the views of historians from the Kraków school of history. Michał Bobrzyński and Anatol Lewicki Cover Image

Konfederacja barska w myśli historycznej szkoły krakowskiej: Michał Bobrzyński i Anatol Lewicki
The Bar Confederation in the views of historians from the Kraków school of history. Michał Bobrzyński and Anatol Lewicki

Author(s): Jerzy Maternicki
Subject(s): Military history, Political history, Polish Literature, 18th Century, 19th Century, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: historical thought; the Kraków school of history; Michał Bobrzyński; Anatol Lewicki; the Bar Confederation; liberum conspiro; the Kraków conservatives’ politics of history;

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the author continues to discuss the topic with which he first dealt in an essay entitled Joachim Lelewel i Józef Szujski: wizje konfederacji barskiej. The article provides a detailed analysis of the views of the Bar Confederation as advanced by M. Bobrzyński and A. Lewicki in their interpretations of Polish history. In addition to showing both differences and similarities existing between the two accounts of the political movement in question. The author also aims to establish how the analysed views related to those held by J. Szujski and how they connected to the politics of history pursued by the Kraków conservatives.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 9-23
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish