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The purpose of the article is to present a new interpretation of the role played by vagabonds in the society of the Polish Nobles’ Commonwealth divided into estates. The proposed approach on the one hand bases on studies concerning the functioning of socially marginalized people in early modern France and Poland, with which Western historiographers are acquainted, and on the other on a new analysis...
Who needed tax records in the 16th century and why? On budget planning at the start of the early modern period in Poland (Summary)The modern methods of calculating income and expenses using statistical data is sometimes attributed to the period of the Enlightenment. However, an analysis of the surviving sources (constitutions passed by the Sejm and registers of taxable income) suggests that the first...
The local identity of industrial regions of Ukraine: Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk. An Outline (Summary)The article studies the coming into existence and development of regional identities in the two most industrialized regions of Ukraine: Donbas and Dnepropetrovsk. Territorial identity is analyzed using the following criteria: basic confl icts regarding outlook, the establishment and development of...
Remuneration of a full professor in Polish state academic schools from 1 February 1934 to 30 September 1939 (Summary)The aim of the article is to present the principles behind the system for remunerating full professors in Polish state academic schools in the years 1934–39, and changes in the level of the remuneration in that period. The following remuneration systems were also compared: the quota...
Contacts between academic societies in the lands of partitioned Poland – status of and need for research (Summary)The article describes contacts between academic societies operating in the lands of partitioned Poland. Its purpose is to present the current status of research on this very wide topic and to indicate the need for research that arises in this respect. A comprehensive view of these contacts...
The Impact of working conditions on the state of health of industrial workers in the Piotrków Guberniya in the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century (Summary)This article discusses the impact of adverse working conditions on the health of workers in industrial plants in the Piotrków Guberniya in the second half of the 19th and fi rst half of the 20th century. The author discusses...
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