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„Niezadowoleni są, ale nie uciekać było spod Pskowa, a dotrwać do końca!” Jan Piotrowski o Litwinach
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, 2019) Ślęczka, Tomasz
The paper deals with the manner in which the Pole Jan Piotrowski, the author of the diary of Stefan Batory’s expedition to Pskov (1581-1582), depicted the Lithuanians participating in it. He rarely referred to stereotypical ideas about them, rather than this he described the reality that he observed and did not skew it towards the established beliefs. Although he valued his countrymen more, he could show courage and bravery of the Lithuanian soldiers, especially praising the raid of Krzysztof Radziwiłł’s troop. Somewhat more often, however, he reprimanded the Lithuanians: underestimated their number and combat quality, accused them of withdrawing too quickly from Pskov, emphasized their susceptibility to rumours. Among the citizens of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, he most disliked Chancellor Eustachy Wołłowicz, who hindered Piotrowski from fulfilling his mission and often refused access to the documents he possessed. The image we receive is inhomogeneous. It combines bright and dark sides of fellow Lithuanian citizens, which makes it seem very credible.
Próba mitologii romantycznej i politycznej. Kilka uwag na temat „Gryfa” Olgi Daukszty
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, 2021) Zając, Michał
The presented article focuses on Olga Daukszta’s epic poem “Griffin”. Written at the turn of the 1930s and 1940s, the poem constructs specific Polish and Christian identity on the lands of former Polish Livonia and contemporary Latvia. Daukszta, who considered herself Polish as well as German, Tatar or Samogitian, lived in the region where various nationalities met, co-existed and fought over centuries. In the time when Polish identity in Latvia was suppressed, she was pointing out the Polish components and aspects of Latvian history. In order to justify specific national and political rights, in her poem she constructed romantic mythology that re-interpreted certain symbols and allegories (like griffin, lion, but also St. George, etc.) and put them in the context of European and Christian culture in general. The poem was never published, nevertheless, it became an interesting attempt to create a local but somehow diverse identity in a rather typical romantic way.