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• Title:
  Napiszmy lepszą książkę o Mieszku I!
• Creator:
  Pac, Grzegorz
• Description:
  Let’s Write a Better Book about Mieszko I!The article is a critical review of a monographic study by Przemysław Urbańczyk: Mieszko Pierwszy Tajemniczy (Toruń 2012); at the same time, it concentrates more on relations between archaeology and history than on a systematic presentation of the reviewed publication. Fragments based exclusively on archaeological research are regarded as of greatest value even though the article’s author simultaneously draws attention to certain inconsistencies hampering the use of the presented material by historians. The reviewer is more critical of the book’s fragments dealing with an interpretation of written sources and in certain instances notices an erroneous approach. The very character of the polemic conducted by Przemysław Urbańczyk with historians also gives rise to doubts in view of his arbitrary and selective citations of their works and the sometimes not quite comprehensible focus on older studies. An acquaintance with some of the findings made by scholars, and often contained in works mentioned in Urbańczyk’s book, would certainly make it possible to avoid dubious interpretations or to better justify his views. Nevertheless, it appears that the indicated problems can be regarded as typical for attempts at entering an unfamiliar domain – after all, similar mistakes appear also in the works of historians trying to interpret archaeological material on their own and without suitable training. This observation suggests the following thesis: the writing of much-needed works combining these two disciplines should be accompanied by a closer cooperation between representatives of both fields, particularly in the case of studies about the beginnings of Polish history.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2017 Kwartalnik Historyczny
• Date:
  2015.03.01
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Kwartalnik Historyczny; Tom 122 Nr 3 (2015); 539-551;
  2451-1315;
  0023-5903
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/KH/article/view/KH.2015.122.3.05/12883
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/KH/article/view/KH.2015.122.3.05
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text