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In an Old Polish period a family house had a very significant role in education and military preparation. Due to lack of military schools it was the only source of patriotic and military education. The atmosphere of constant thread evoked by ceasless wars caused that the youth was prepared to defence and military service sińce the earliest years. Patriotic and defensive education was supervised by...
This paper focuses on an early Polish family life in Winnipeg. The family often served as a mechanism to reduce a sense of dislocation and to facilitate immigrants' adaptation. The family was also the primary economic unit. The family relations were affected by gender. Both immigrant men and women found themselves reconsidering traditional roles. Somehow immigration tested their family roles in newways.
Parents have asignificant impact on childreris decision about choice of their path of life. For years, forming of the level of parents and their children's educational and occupational aspirations was affected by living conditions of families from rural areas, difficult financial situation and worse education conditions of village schools. The aim of the research was presenting the mechanism of forming...
In the times of Galician autonomy the socialist movement, with its birth dating back to the 1860's and 1870's, played a major role in the political and social life under Austrian occupation. Socialism was a source of concem, dislike and outward hostility for many social circles in Galicia (as well as other regions of Poland), especially those of conservative social and political views. In those circles...
The issues of education and upbringing in nobility families in the context of XVI and XVII century society, culture, education models and family traditions are discussed in the article. Selected models of everyday activities and games as well as methods of influence as employed by the teachers and guardians to foster the physical, morał, intellectual and social development of children are examined...
At the tum of the XX century Poland did not exist as an independent State. Poles, especially those living under German and Russian occupation, were subjects to aggressive nationalist policies. By promoting tradition, culture and religion through education the Polish families of the Kresy region played a great role in preserving Polish national identity and faith in regaining independence. The education...
XIX-th century and at the beginning of the XX-th century was to hand down to younger generations patriotic values. To assure the continuity of the nation and to have the guarantee of the futurę freedom became sine qua non condition. It also became one of the main values of the gentry ethos. Gentry accepted the role of depositary of Polish nationality. The defeat of the November Uprising and the reprisals...
The testimony of Volhyniaii Czechs' family life are chronicles which were recorded by some Czech families from their arrival to Volhynia at the tum of the 60's and 70's of the 19th century to the 30's of the 20th century. The chronicles should serve as an advice for new generations of Czech minority. They show conditions in which the immigrants to Volhynia were beginning, their closeness, endogamy...
The functioning of Lemko families of the past and the present in the context of preservation of cultural identity in discussed in the article. The observing of the most important holidays after the resettlement to western Poland is described, among other issues. The historical context of the resettlement of the Lemko people to western Poland is discussed.
Issues connected with the families of the Second Republic are discussed in the article. The problem is addressed form the perspective of the writings of Józef Beck, a prominent politician and respected local official. There is a rich legacy of the opinions and aspirations of Józef Beck contained in newspapers, brochures and books. Issues conceming family are often addressed in these writings on diverse...
The function of a burgher family passed through changes depending upon historical conditions and power relations. Every family member had its social role within the family framework. Family members followed stabilisedpattem ofbehaviour influenced by personal motivation. In the era of the early modem period the original forms of social life of the burghers passed through weakening and a polarisation...
The results of research dedicated to Roma families in Central Europę are presented in the article. The results indicate that the condition and health of Roma families are significantly influenced by cultural and social factors. Regardless of the diversity of the Roma culture the traditional concept of health and illness dominates throughout and influences everyday activities related to those issues...
This work is an attempt of reconstruction of a motherhood pattem in XIX century. Two models of women have been taken into consideration, namely woman as a housewife and as a mother. In order to reconstruct these models, it was planned to use knowledge written down in XIX century guide literature. Through analisys of chosen group of guide books, state of social consciousness and some generalization...
Jan Rybowicz was a poet and prose writer who lived in the years 1949-1990 in Lisia Góra near Tarnów. His writings as well as the memories preserved in letters and publications are an evidence of the poet's exceptional relations with his family. The love of the mother and the father appears to be the only stable and unconditional feeling in the tragic and lonely life of the artist. The presence of...
In the Polish Second Republic, so in the country rebom afiter one hundred twenty three years of captivity, the role of a woman as a woman-mother, was significantly emphasized. Press, literature, researchers have proved that safety and order in the whole country depend on safety and order in individual families. The key notion became: „from education of a mother to education of a child”. While analyzing...
In 1918-1939 bringing up children in peasant families was severe and based on a system of punishments, usually corporal. It was a conseąuence of a common belief that only a hardened, tough and hardworking man is able to face hard peasant reality which was leaving little place for weakness and fondness. Contrary to all appearances, such upbringing was to impose a system of values which placed the land,...
The text of the contribution is inspired by relationships and issues arising from communication among parents, children, grandparents and grandchildren. It ensues from such terms as generation crisis, cohesion, cultivation of common values or family topics. It deals with family history captured in a family amateur movie, which is an appropriate media of alternative school and out-of-school pupils'...
In compliance with the trends of modern historiography, matters of day-today life, mentalities and culture are gaining prominence during the creation of textbooks. The family of our ancestors as one of the places in which day-to-day life was played out is one of the attractive themes receiving deserved attention. The family is the subject not only of historical study, but also of sociological or culturalanthropological...
Child foster care organized by nuns and meant for children deprived of infamily upbringing dates back as far as the 13 century. The prototypes of orphanages run by nuns were medieval hospitals, that is care institutions for all those in need. The beginnings of care/educational work with orphaned and abandoned children are connected with the activity of The Holy Spirit de Saxia male congregation, whose...
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