Issue 152 (1)

2025

Publication date: 26.11.2025

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The publication has been supported by a grant from the Faculty of History under the Strategic Programme Excellence Initiative at Jagiellonian University.

Cover design: Paweł Noszkiewicz

Licence: CC BY 4.0

Editorial team

Editor-in-Chief Dr. hab., prof. UJ Marcin Starzyński

Secretary Dr Dawid Golik, Dr Martyna Grądzka-Rejak

Issue editor Dr. hab., prof. UJ Marcin Starzyński

Issue content

Słowo wstępne Rektora Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego do jubileuszowego tomu czasopisma „Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Prace Historyczne”

Piotr Jedynak

History Notebooks, Issue 152 (1), 2025, pp. 1-2

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.25.001.21729

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Septuagenarium. Próba bilansu w siedemdziesięciolecie „Prac Historycznych”

Marcin Starzyński

History Notebooks, Issue 152 (1), 2025, pp. 3-11

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.25.002.21730

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Jeremi Michał Wiśniowiecki w planach wojny tureckiej Władysława IV

Janusz S. Dąbrowski

History Notebooks, Issue 152 (1), 2025, pp. 13-32

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.25.003.21731

The article presents the role of the Ruthenian voivode Jeremi Wiśniowiecki in King Vladislaus IV’s plans for war with Turkey and contains the publication of the document granting the fief, which was to make it easier for the prince to act in accordance with the king’s plan. The King could not obtain the Sejm’s consent to war and he thus persuaded Wiśniowiecki to undertake an expedition in 1647 aimed at inciting war with Crimea. This did not happen, but the prince agreed to take further action. This is evidenced by the fact that in February 1648 he was granted a fiefdom of 7,000 square kilometers of lands on the lower Dnieper, which – with their center on the island of Khortytsia – were to become a base against the Crimean Khanate and Turkey. Earlier, however, great fear had been aroused in Crimea by the invasion of Polish troops under the command of Wiśniowiecki and A. Koniecpolski near Perekop. The authorities of the Crimean Khanate decided to help the rebellious Zaporozhian Cossacks in their fight against Poland, which changed the balance of power in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Sytuacja hydrologiczna i żeglugowa na Wiśle w latach 1674–1795 w świetle ksiąg dochodów i wydatków miasta Kazimierza przy Krakowie

Szymon Kazusek

History Notebooks, Issue 152 (1), 2025, pp. 33-69

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.25.004.21732

The article compiles a list of floods and overflows on the Vistula river in the Cracow region, then characterizes the occurrence of high water levels and ice phenomena on the river. Using historical water levels of the Vistula river in Cracow in the 19th and 20th centuries, the rhythm of the Vistula’s lifecycle in the years 1674–1795 is reconstructed. The navigational situation is discussed, paying attention to the influence of factors shaping it. Based on the collected data on the hydrological situation on the Vistula river in the 17th–20th centuries, attention is drawn to the problem of climate change.

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Parlamenty w życiu politycznym Francji za panowania Ludwika XV (1715–1774)

Rafał Niedziela

History Notebooks, Issue 152 (1), 2025, pp. 71-89

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.25.005.21733

The parlements in France in the time of Louis XV were courts of common law, but they also had policing, administrative and political functions. They played an important role in the legislative process, because without their consent, no law proposed by the king could come into force. Against this background, there were often conflicts between parlements and the royal authority. This article shows how their relations with Louis XV were and how – at the end of his reign – with the help of Chancellor René-Nicolas de Maupeou, the king weakened their political importance in the state.

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Czy Petro Łodij (Piotr Łody) jako profesor Uniwersytetu Lwowskiego (1787–1802) posługiwał się literackim językiem rosyjskim? Kilka uwag o języku wykładowym w Studium Ruthenum

Jarosław Moklak

History Notebooks, Issue 152 (1), 2025, pp. 91-109

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.25.006.21734

Since there is an opinion in the literature on the subject that Lodiy at Studium Ruthenum used the literary Russian language, the author of the article argues with this statement and gives examples indicating that the Lodiy’s language belongs to Ukrainian culture. The author explains the meanings of the terms ‘Rusyn’ and ‘Russian’ and compares the language of Lodiy’s textbook published in Lviv to Ivan Isaev’s textbook published in St. Petersburg. The author pays special attention on the alphabetical differences between the languages of Lodiy’s and Isaev’s. In conclusion, the author states that the identification of the social, cultural and political environment of Studium Ruthenum, which influenced on the formation of Ukrainian literature in Galicia at the end of the 18th century, is an important impact on the assessment of the Lodiy’s language.

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Zabezpieczenie i ewakuacja najcenniejszych zbiorów Stadtarchiv Breslau w latach 1939–1945

Tomasz Piędzioch

History Notebooks, Issue 152 (1), 2025, pp. 111-128

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.25.007.21735

This article discusses the process of evacuating and securing the most valuable collections of the Stadtarchiv Breslau (City Archives of Wrocław) in 1939–1945. Under directives from the German authorities, protective measures were initiated, including the evacuation of the most important documents and manuscripts to temporary storage facilities such as the palaces in Borowa, Luboradz and Ramułtowice. A key objective was to disperse the collections to minimise the risk of their total loss to the allied bomb raids. Thanks to these measures, around 80% of the manuscript books and 50% of the archival documents were saved, although 60% of the records were lost, mainly as a result of the post-war chaos and looting. Despite these losses, the operations can be judged as a moderate success, which allowed the preservation of many unique historical materials.

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Ze studiów żydowskich

„Orędownicy skrzywdzonego ludu”. Angielskie reakcje na prześladowania Żydów w Imperium Rosyjskim 1881–1890

Karolina Sierzputowska

History Notebooks, Issue 152 (1), 2025, pp. 129-148

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.25.008.21736

Humanitarian missions and diplomatic interventions on behalf of persecuted minorities were part of the British foreign policy. In this context, missions were undertaken to benefit oppressed Jews in Europe and beyond. For this purpose, the English and English Jews repeatedly extended their influence, sent official delegations, and influenced public opinion. Not surprisingly, the Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire triggered a loud reaction from the British. The article aims at tracing the official public debate – with a particular reference to the meetings at the Mansion House in 1882 and the Guildhall in 1890 – and compare it with the less well-preserved response from the press. The article discusses the official government policy, the context of Great Britain’s humanitarian missions, as well as local conditions resulting from the increased immigration of Jews from Russia.

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„Lekarz Domowy”. Dodatek tygodniowy „Nowego Dziennika” (1926–1939)

Anna Jakimyszyn-Gadocha

History Notebooks, Issue 152 (1), 2025, pp. 149-173

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.25.009.21737

The article discusses a supplement to the newspaper Nowy Dziennik dedicated to health and prevention. The supplement, entitled Lekarz Domowy (House Doctor), was published in Polish between 1926 and 1939, providing a platform for contact and information exchange for Jews from Cracow and surrounding area.

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Inwigilacja polskich Żydów powracających z Izraela do PRL w latach 1948–1970

Ewa Węgrzyn

History Notebooks, Issue 152 (1), 2025, pp. 175-192

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.25.010.21738

After World War II, only a few Jews chose to remain in Poland. Most decided to leave, mainly for Israel, during the four waves of exodus, between 1945 and 1970. Unfortunately, some of them did not find their way to the New Homeland in the Middle East and wanted to return to Poland. Authorities in Warsaw as well as in Jerusalem were reluctant to grant permission for re-emigration from the Jewish State to the Polish People’s Republic. Only holders of Polish citizenship, as well as the so-called “useful element” for the State on the Vistula River, could count on the request being granted. Upon their return to Poland, however, these individuals were under surveillance, and their fate largely depended on the favor of the authorities and the Security Service.

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Nella Rost (1900–1988) – szkic do portretu

Monika Stępień

History Notebooks, Issue 152 (1), 2025, pp. 193-213

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.25.011.21739

Nella Rost – despite her numerous achievements – has not yet been the subject of a biography. The aim of this article is to summarize the most important information found in sources and scholarly studies concerning her, as well as to highlight her contributions to culture, education, science, and politics. Nella Rost was the daughter of Rabbi Ozjasz Thon, the preacher of Krakow’s Tempel Synagogue, one of the leading Zionist figures in the Polish lands, and a member of the Polish Parliament. She was a teacher at the Hebrew Gymnasium in Krakow, an activist in the Krakow branch of WIZO (Women’s International Zionist Organization), a journalist for Głos Kobiety Żydowskiej (The Voice of the Jewish Woman), deputy head of the Provincial Jewish Historical Commission in the postwar Krakow, and later the head of a similar commission in Stockholm, as well as a collaborator with the World Jewish Congress. Her biography is intertwined with the history of Krakow’s Zionist movement and local press, Jewish women’s movements in the Polish lands, and the early historiography of the Holocaust.

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Typy żydowskich nagrobków – próba uporządkowania klasyfikacji

Leszek Hońdo

History Notebooks, Issue 152 (1), 2025, pp. 215-229

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.25.012.21740

Over the centuries, the forms of tombstones have changed. In Poland, one can point to the old tombstone forms (from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century) and the new ones, occurring from the 19th century onwards. Old forms include stelae, tombstones and erratics. In turn, new forms include modified stelae, small architectural and sculptural forms, large architectural tombstones, ohels and family graves. Various stylistic solutions are visible in the new forms, starting from historicism, through orientalism and ending with modernism. New forms are the result of adopting customs from the Christian environment. On the other hand, it is a search for “traditional” Jewish forms, for example by inspiration from biblical texts.

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Słowa kluczowe: Vladislaus IV, Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Polish-Turkish relations in the 17th century, Polish-Tartar relations in the 17th century, Zaporozhian Cossacks, Perekop, Khortytsia, Vistula, Cracow, 17th–18th centuries, surges and floods, ice phenomena, inland navigation, Parlements, Louis XV, France, René-Nicolas de Maupeou, Studium Ruthenum, Church Slavonic language, Ukrainian, Russian, Stadtarchiv Breslau, evacuation of cultural goods, Günther Grundmann, Otfried Schwarzer, Luftschutzmassnahmen, Jewish pogroms, Russian Empire, humanitarian missions, public opinion, foreign policy, Nowy Dziennik, newspaper supplement, medicine, health, prophylaxis, emigration, re-emigration, surveillance, aliyah, Israel, returns, Krakow, Zionism, Polish Jews, WIZO, Hebrew Gymnasium, The Voice of the Jewish Woman, Provincial Jewish Historical Commission, Holocaust historiography, Jewish culture, Jewish cemetery, tombstones, Jewish art

Funding information

The publication has been supported by a grant from the Faculty of History under the Strategic Programme Excellence Initiative at Jagiellonian University.