Barokowy twórca średniowiecznej przeszłości miast Germanii Słowiańskiej (nieco o społecznych funkcjach historii regionalnej i potrzebie jej modyfikacji)
- Institution: emerytowany profesor Uniwersytetu Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1760-0438
- Year of publication: 2024
- Source: Show
- Pages: 154-163
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/hso240109
- PDF: hso/40/hso4009.pdf
- License: This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the CreativeCommons Attribution license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
The Baroque author of the medieval past of Slavic Germanic cities (a piece on the social functions of regional history and the need of modification thereof)
Historical writing often borders on non-fiction and novelistic fiction. The sparse source base is sometimes supplemented by the imagination of the historian him/herself. The critical scholar confines him/herself to demonstrating that an impressive mixture of legendary themes, folk tales and popular beliefs make up a „mythologised or falsified picture of the past”. The goal is simply to decide who is writing, for whom and for what purpose?
