Papers by Bartłomiej Dźwigała
Person, Nation, State. Interdisciplinary research in security studies, ed. Smuniewski, Massa, Zanini , 2021
The article is aimed to provide an insight into medieval Polish historiographical literature from... more The article is aimed to provide an insight into medieval Polish historiographical literature from the point of view of security studies. The research is focused on bishop Vincentius's "Chronicle of the Poles", written at the beginning of the 13th century, which is the oldest work on Polish history written by a Pole. It is argued that bishop Vincetius's chronicle could serve as a point of departure for discussing cultural security of Poland. Since bishop Vincentius strongly contributed to the conceptualization of the past and Polish identity, he should not be overlooked in the contemporary discourse on national security.
Political Liturgies in the High Middle Ages. Beyond the Legacy of Ernst H. Kantorowicz, 2021
Conflict, Competition, Cooperation in Central Europe in the 20th and 21th centuries. The intricacies of the Polish-Czech relations, ed. Janak, Skibiński, Zenderowski, 2021
The Polish-Czech relations on the eve of the 30 th anniversary of signing the treaty on friendly ... more The Polish-Czech relations on the eve of the 30 th anniversary of signing the treaty on friendly neighborhood Conclusion Bibliography Authors' biographical notes Abstracts * * * (…) late modernity, having lost its faith in the myth of progress, forces political entities to engage in developing historical narrations 1. In place of interdependence of the past and the future, the so-called historicized present has appeared.out of which identity emerges 2 .
Liturgia Sacra, 2020
The aim of this article is to examine the Easter liturgy in crusader Jerusalem and to put this li... more The aim of this article is to examine the Easter liturgy in crusader Jerusalem and to put this liturgy into context of the political culture in the Latin Kingdom. The main question is if the Easter liturgy affected the life of the society in Latin East. In the first part liturgical evidence is examined in order to present the shape of the Latin liturgical order regarding the Holy Week and Easter celebrations. In the second part, basing on narrative evidence, it is showed how deeply the political and religious culture in crusader monarchy were associated with the Easter liturgy. It is argued that the Easter liturgy played crucial role in Latin Kingdom and that this centrality was depended on catholic spirituality. Abstrakt Celem niniejszego artykułu jest przebadanie liturgii wielkanocnej sprawowanej w Jerozo-limie w czasach krzyżowców i umieszczenie jej w szerszym kontekście kultury politycznej łacińskiego Królestwa Jerozolimskiego. Głównym pytaniem badawczym jest, w jaki sposób liturgia wielkanocna oddziaływała na funkcjonowanie społeczeństwa łacińskiego Wscho-du. W pierwszej części prezentowanego studium prezentujemy kształt liturgii wielkanocnej na podstawie wybranych ksiąg liturgicznych. W drugiej części, opierając się na źródłach narracyjnych, pokazujemy, w jaki sposób liturgia wielkanocna była powiązana z kulturą
Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2020
Before the First Crusade, Constantine, Helena and Heraclius occupied an important place in the pa... more Before the First Crusade, Constantine, Helena and Heraclius occupied an important place in the papal vision of the past. They had already been memorialised in the Latin liturgy, especially in the rituals of festivities surrounding the holy cross. The First Crusaders encountered Constantine, Helena and Heraclius as a part of the religious imagery at the very heart of Christian memory: at the Holy Sepulchre. This article presents research into whether and how the elite of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem developed the historical memory of Constantine, Helena and Heraclius, and argues that it was a central element in the political culture of the crusader states.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-ecclesiastical-history/article/constantine-helena-and-heraclius-in-the-latin-kingdom-of-jerusalem/55BEAB4BF48EA5AF5A5521C1D77DAE07
Przegląd Nauk Historycznych, 2018
W artykule prezentuję badania nad opowieściami kronikarskimi o bitwie pod Bramą Mostową, która od... more W artykule prezentuję badania nad opowieściami kronikarskimi o bitwie pod Bramą Mostową, która odbyła się 6 marca 1098 r., w czasie oblężenia Antiochii przez wojska pierwszej krucjaty. Skupiam się na kulminacyjnym momencie tych opowieści – scenie, w której książę Gotfryd Lotaryński w starciu na moście prowadzącym do Bramy Mostowej jednym ciosem przepołowił muzułmańskiego adwersarza. Swój wywód podzieliłem na trzy części – w pierwszej pokazuję, jakie stanowisko zajmują historycy wobec przekazów o przepołowieniu przeciwnika przez Gotfryda, a także analizuję najwcześniejszy etap kształtowania się przekazu, za który uważam opisy stworzone przez uczestników krucjaty: Rajmunda z Aguilers, Piotra Tudeboda oraz ten zamieszczony w kronice Alberta z Akwizgranu. W drugiej części analizuję modyfikacje i przekształcenia, jakim poddawali omawianą scenę kronikarze z północnej Francji tworzący w pierwszych dwóch dziesięcioleciach XII w. W ostatniej części zajmuję się późniejszymi wersjami tej samej sceny, wnioskując na temat ich związku z wcześniejszymi przekazami. W toku badań okazało się, że najpopularniejszą i najsilniej oddziałującą wersję stworzył kronikarz Robert Mnich, natomiast dostrzegalne są wyraźne związki z najwcześniejszymi wersjami nawet u autorów piszących pod koniec XII w. i później.
Review of Historical Sciences, 2018
The article contains research on the narratives describing the battle of the Bridge Gate (March 6... more The article contains research on the narratives describing the battle of the Bridge Gate (March 6, 1098), which took place during the siege of Antioch by the Crusaders. It focuses on the scene which is the climax of the above-mentioned tale, when the duke Godfrey of Bouillon hews the Turkish warrior through the middle with a single stroke of the sword in a duel on the bridge in front of the city. The study is divided into three parts. The first one includes views of historians regarding the accounts of hewing the foe through the middle by Godfrey as well as an analysis of the earliest stage of shaping the literary tradition of the studied scene, which in the opinion of the author of the article consists of descriptions created by Crusade participants: Raymond of Aguilers, Peter Tudebode and that included in the chronicle of Albert of Aachen. The second part focuses on the modifications and transformations of the earliest accounts introduced by chroniclers from Capetian France in the first two decades of the 12 th century. The last part is devoted to an analysis of the later versions of the scene and their connection with earlier accounts. Research showed that the most popular and vivid version of the tale was created by Robert the Monk, yet there are clear connections with the earlier versions of the account even in the case of authors writing at the end of 12 th century and later.
psalm-network project by Bartłomiej Dźwigała
"It is really no longer possible for the mediaeval historian (…) to deal cheerfully with the hist... more "It is really no longer possible for the mediaeval historian (…) to deal cheerfully with the history of mediaeval thought and culture without ever opening a missal." This claim, uttered in 1946, comes not from a theologian involved in the Liturgical Movement, but from a man who, according to his own words, "shot the communist in Munich," he also resisted McCarthyism, and, while his personal and political life has recently garnered much attention, he remains one of the most influential medievalists of the twentieth century. The author of the quoted statement was Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz (EKa), who in his Laudes regiae added that "the liturgy (…) is today one of the most important auxiliaries to the study of mediaeval history." However, despite EKa’s strong convictions, 70 years later his words remain wishful thinking. In the curriculum of medieval studies, as well as in the research outputs of most medievalists, liturgy still remains a "reservation," as EKa labelled the field in his book.
Even though liturgy – understood explicitly as religious ritual – was a fundamental part of medieval society, and offered powerful structures of meaning and practice to medieval communities, its actual impact on the socio-political level is lamentably under-researched; just as conversely, the influence of the political on the liturgical has been underappreciated. This disregard has its roots in divergent historiographical traditions. Liturgical manuscripts have been studied by scholars mostly interested in the evolution of worship practices rather than in political culture. Frequently their research has been influenced by the pastoral concerns of the Liturgical Movement, rather than by a desire to understand past societies through the perspective of liturgy. On the other hand, scholars interested in political culture have focused on other types of sources, mostly narrative and diplomatic materials, and have not appreciated liturgy and its impact on medieval political life. Yet, it is necessary to build a bridge between these two areas of liturgical scholarship and political theory.
Following in the footsteps of Ernst H. Kantorowicz, and the ways in which he dealt with liturgical sources in order to write political, social, and cultural history of the European Middle Ages, we invited previous participants of PSALM-Network events to contribute to a volume, provisionally entitled: "Political Liturgies in the European Middle Ages. An Overlooked Legacy of Ernst H. Kantorowicz."
Drafts by Bartłomiej Dźwigała
We invite to send an abstract in English which will include the proposal of the article: a descri... more We invite to send an abstract in English which will include the proposal of the article: a description of the research issues (up to 2000 characters) and a list of main sources. We will wait for abstracts until 30 June 2022 and then in July we will contact selected authors who will be asked to submit the text of the article as late as the end of September 2022.
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Papers by Bartłomiej Dźwigała
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-ecclesiastical-history/article/constantine-helena-and-heraclius-in-the-latin-kingdom-of-jerusalem/55BEAB4BF48EA5AF5A5521C1D77DAE07
psalm-network project by Bartłomiej Dźwigała
Even though liturgy – understood explicitly as religious ritual – was a fundamental part of medieval society, and offered powerful structures of meaning and practice to medieval communities, its actual impact on the socio-political level is lamentably under-researched; just as conversely, the influence of the political on the liturgical has been underappreciated. This disregard has its roots in divergent historiographical traditions. Liturgical manuscripts have been studied by scholars mostly interested in the evolution of worship practices rather than in political culture. Frequently their research has been influenced by the pastoral concerns of the Liturgical Movement, rather than by a desire to understand past societies through the perspective of liturgy. On the other hand, scholars interested in political culture have focused on other types of sources, mostly narrative and diplomatic materials, and have not appreciated liturgy and its impact on medieval political life. Yet, it is necessary to build a bridge between these two areas of liturgical scholarship and political theory.
Following in the footsteps of Ernst H. Kantorowicz, and the ways in which he dealt with liturgical sources in order to write political, social, and cultural history of the European Middle Ages, we invited previous participants of PSALM-Network events to contribute to a volume, provisionally entitled: "Political Liturgies in the European Middle Ages. An Overlooked Legacy of Ernst H. Kantorowicz."
Drafts by Bartłomiej Dźwigała
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-ecclesiastical-history/article/constantine-helena-and-heraclius-in-the-latin-kingdom-of-jerusalem/55BEAB4BF48EA5AF5A5521C1D77DAE07
Even though liturgy – understood explicitly as religious ritual – was a fundamental part of medieval society, and offered powerful structures of meaning and practice to medieval communities, its actual impact on the socio-political level is lamentably under-researched; just as conversely, the influence of the political on the liturgical has been underappreciated. This disregard has its roots in divergent historiographical traditions. Liturgical manuscripts have been studied by scholars mostly interested in the evolution of worship practices rather than in political culture. Frequently their research has been influenced by the pastoral concerns of the Liturgical Movement, rather than by a desire to understand past societies through the perspective of liturgy. On the other hand, scholars interested in political culture have focused on other types of sources, mostly narrative and diplomatic materials, and have not appreciated liturgy and its impact on medieval political life. Yet, it is necessary to build a bridge between these two areas of liturgical scholarship and political theory.
Following in the footsteps of Ernst H. Kantorowicz, and the ways in which he dealt with liturgical sources in order to write political, social, and cultural history of the European Middle Ages, we invited previous participants of PSALM-Network events to contribute to a volume, provisionally entitled: "Political Liturgies in the European Middle Ages. An Overlooked Legacy of Ernst H. Kantorowicz."