Book versus Power

Jacek Soszyński is Professor of History at the University of Warsaw. His field of expertise is medieval historiography and the history of ideas during the Middle Ages.Agnieszka Chamera-Nowak is Assistant Professor of Library Science at the University of Warsaw. She specialises in the history of the book in the early modern period and the twentieth century.

• Contents: Edward Potkowski: The Book in the World of Politics: Early Literary Culture in Poland, 10th–12th Century – Jacek Soszyński: Papal Plenitude of Power and World History: Papal Political Ideology in the Chronicle of Martin the Pole – Krzysztof Ożóg: The Concept «rex illiteratus quasi asinus coronatus» in Late Medieval Cracovian Writings – Anna Kamler: The Jagiellons vis-a-vis the Book and the Education of the Nobility – Jan Dzięgielewski: The Polish Sejm Debating over a Work of History: The Case of ‘De bello Moschovitico’ by Reinhold Heidenstein, in 1587 – Dariusz Kuźmina: The Jesuits as a Monastic Community Supportive of Secular Power in Reinforcing Catholicism in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th–17th Century – Jarosław Kurkowski: Historiography as an Instrument of Politics in the 18th Century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – Katarzyna Seroka: The Polish Library in Paris, 1838–1893 – Iwona H. Pugacewicz: Politics, Power, and the Batignolles School Library – Jacek Puchalski: Book, Press, and Book Market Research in the Service of Polish Government Agencies: The Institute for Scientific Investigation of Communism in Warsaw, 1930–1937 – Agnieszka Chamera-Nowak: Books in the Hands of Stalinists (1948–1956): Policies, their Implementation, and Results – Dariusz Jarosz: Communist Authorities, the Society, and the Book in Poland, 1945–1989: Mutual Relationships – Małgorzata Ptasińska: Forbidden Books: The Polish Instytut Literacki in Paris and the Editorial Policies of Jerzy Giedroyc, 1946–1989 – Marek Tobera: Polish Government Administration and the Professional Press Dedicated to the Book Market, 1989–2000.