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Uzupełnienia do biografii Michała Dzierżanowskiego (ok. 1722–1809)

Michael Morys-Twarowski

History Notebooks, Issue 140 (4), 2013, pp. 313-320

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.13.019.1195

The present article contains rectifications and addenda to the biography of Michał Dzierżanowski, a famous adventurer and one of the leaders of the Bar Confederacy. In all likelihood, he was born around the year 1722 and not 1725 as has been assumed in the literature up until now. After he had enlisted in the French army, he was subsequently taken captive by the English in April 1744 while on his way to Flanders (earlier on, this event was reported to have occurred around the year 1744). It was confi rmed that in the years 1753–1754, he had served in the French army in India, where he was promoted to the rank of commander of the village of Chalambaram; it was also confi rmed that in 1761 he had visited Spain. Michał Dzierżanowski died on 25 March 1809 and not in 1808, as had been assumed earlier. The accounts of Claude-Carloman de Rulhiere and Henryk Rzewuski concerning Dzierżanowski’s foreign adventures prior to the year 1764 had also been partly verifi ed. Further research should bring about successive addenda to the biography of this adventurer.

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Ann Curthoys, Ann McGrath, How to Write History that People Want to Read, Palgrave Macmillan 2011, ss. 265

Michael Morys-Twarowski

History Notebooks, Issue 147 (1), 2020, pp. 201-205

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.20.010.12464

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Testament Jana Śliwki z 1873 roku

Michael Morys-Twarowski

History Notebooks, Vol 139, 2012, pp. 169-174

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.12.011.0780

Jan Śliwka (1823–1874) was a teacher, reporter, author of textbooks, presbyter of the evangelical Church in Cieszyn and also one of the leading Polish nationalist activists in the district of Cieszyn Silesia. The present article contains an edition of a valuable source to Jan Śliwka’s biography which up until now has been unknown to scholars. The source in question is Śliwka’s last will which was drawn up on 23 June 1873 and is currently to be found in the State Archive in Cieszyn. The source may also be used in research on the mentality of the Polish intelligentsia of peasant origin belonging to the Augsburg evangelical church. It also gives one an idea about the quality of the Polish language used by the graduates of the evangelical high school and the six-week teacher training course in Cieszyn.

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Jej ślad w historii – kobiety w województwie śląskim na przestrzeni wieków. [T. 1] W cieniu Beskidów, red. Agata Muszyńska, Anna Skiendziel, Aleksandra Skrzypietz, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, Katowice 2015, Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach Nr 3246, ss. 216

Michael Morys-Twarowski

History Notebooks, Issue 146 (1), 2019, pp. 297-301

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Nauczyciele szkół ludowych Śląska Cieszyńskiego w XIX i na początku XX wieku. Uwarunkowania prawne i zawodowe, Wydawnictwo im. Stanisława Podobińskiego Akademii im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie, Kongres Polaków w Republice Czeskiej, Czeski Cieszyn–Częstochowa 2015, ss. 518

Michael Morys-Twarowski

History Notebooks, Issue 145 (1), 2018, pp. 205-209

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Piotr Kropka, Rudzica. Dzieje wioski i parafii od założenia do czasów współczesnych, Towarzystwo Miłośników Rudzicy

Michael Morys-Twarowski

History Notebooks, Issue 142 (3), 2015, pp. 547-550

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Olszarowie z Sibicy na Śląsku Cieszyńskim od XVII do początku XX w.

Michael Morys-Twarowski

History Notebooks, Issue 144 (1), 2017, pp. 83-100

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.17.005.5865

The article presents the genealogy and material status of the Olszar family from Sibica (today’s outskirts of Český Těšín) starting with the progenitor of the family – Jan (died after 1654). The Olszar family from Sibica was a Protestant family but in the first half of the 18th century they converted to Catholicism even though families in their village remained faithful to Lutheranism. The interesting thing is that the conversion came after the Treaty of Altranstädt (1706), which had significantly improved the situation of Lutherans in Cieszyn Silesia. Because of their material status (owners of settlement land), the Olszars belonged to the rural elite throughout the discussed period. They also had a seat in the local self-government. Jan (1835–1921), a farmer from Kalembice near Cieszyn, Polish national activist and member of Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego (cultural and educational organization in the Duchy of Cieszyn), came from this line. On the basis of the Olszar family it can be stated that in the examined period, no great nationwide reform led to the exchange of elites on the local level in Cieszyn Silesia.

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Pszczółkowie z Krasnej koło Cieszyna od XVII do początku XX wieku

Michael Morys-Twarowski

History Notebooks, Issue 138, 2011, pp. 97-108

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.11.006.0152

The Pszczółkas were a Catholic family of peasants who lived in Krasna since the 17th century. Not later than in the 18th century they came into possession of land for settlement which remained in their possession for at least seven generations. If the father died at an advanced age, the household was taken over by the youngest son; if the father died prematurely, the household went into the hands of the oldest son. The Pszczółkas played an important role in the history of the village: Andrzej (1720–1783) and Jan (1787–1846) were heads of the village. Paweł (1825–1864) and his wife Maria contributed to the history of Krasna by adopting Jan Binkowski, who became the local teacher. Jan (1879–1926) took active part in Polish national movement just like his relatives and relatives-in law (e.g. Franciszek Tomanek from Ropica and his son Father Rudolf Tomanek, Franciszek Lipa from Bobrek, Andrzej Francus and his son Franciszek, Karol Biłko from Krasna).

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Michael Morys-Twarowski

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
Polish Historical Society ( Poland), Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne, Oddział w Cieszynie

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Polish Historical Society , Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne, Oddział w Cieszynie

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Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland Polish Historical Society ( Poland), Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne, Oddział w Cieszynie

Michael Morys-Twarowski

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
Polish Historical Society ( Poland), Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne, Oddział w Cieszynie