’Prace Historyczne’ [‘History Notebooks’] is a historical scientific journal which provides a forum for scholars representing all historical periods. Its mission is to make the latest research findings available to a wide audience through publishing articles (original research papers, review articles, sources and reviews) both in the form of a traditional printed journal and a digital open access publication. The quarterly only publishes articles that have been peer-reviewed. Contributions come from different parts of the world. The editors of ‘Prace Historyczne’ aim to make the journal a forum for exchange of the latest scientific information as well as a forum for historical debate on the crucial problems related to the study of the past.