Stefan Maria Kuczyński,

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Włodzimierz Bart (21 September 1904 – 30 March 1985), was a

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historian and academic specializing in the

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of the Kingdom of Poland during the

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and the

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, especially in the period of King

Władysław II Jagiełło Jogaila (; 1 June 1434), later Władysław II Jagiełło (),Other names include (; ) (see also Names and titles of Władysław II Jagiełło) was Grand Duke of Lithuania beginning in 1377 and starting in 1386, becoming King of Poland as well. ...

Life and career

Kuczyński was born on 21 September 1904 in Borysław,

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. After World War II he served as

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at the

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(1945), then

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University of Wrocław The University of Wrocław (, UWr; ) is a public research university in Wrocław, Poland. It is the largest institution of higher learning in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, with over 100,000 graduates since 1945, including some 1,900 researcher ...

(1946), followed by professor of

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(1954–1969), and professor of

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(1969–1982). Kuczyński also served as editor-in-chief of illustrated monthly ''

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'' in 1946–1948, published in

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, and the scientific journal ''Nauka i Sztuka'', one of the first of its kind in postwar Poland. Kuczyński studied philology, law and history in the

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at the

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, and received a

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in 1932 for his work ''Rządy litewskie na Siewierszczyźnie w II połowie XIV wieku'', under the direction of

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. He worked first as high-school teacher in

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and later as lecturer at his own

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since 1937 (until the

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), with the title of

at the Institute of Medieval History. During the

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he took part in clandestine '' Tajne komplety''.

Publications

Scientific works

* ''Sine wody'', Warsaw: skł. gł. "Libraria Nova" 1935. * ''Ziemie Czernihowsko-Siewierskie pod rządami Litwy'', Warsaw: zasiłek Funduszu Kultury Narodowej 1936. Prace Ukraińskiego Instytutu Naukowego. Serja Prac Komisji dla Badań Zagadnień Polsko-Ukraińskich ; z. 2 * ''Kto dowodził w bitwie pod Grunwaldem'', Jelenia Góra 1947 (Odbitka: z kwartalnika "Nauka i Sztuka" t. 5). * ''Śląsk Dolny w drugą rocznicę powrotu do Polski 1945-1947'', 1947. * ''O powstaniu wzmianki z r. 981 w "Powieści z lat doczesnych"'', Wrocław: Wrocławskie Towarzystwo Naukowe 1955. Seria: Sprawozdania Wrocławskiego Towarzystwa Naukowego 8. * ''Rozbiór krytyczny roku 1385 "Dziejów polskich" Jana Długosza'', Warsaw 1958. * ''Grunwald 1410-1960'', Olsztyn: "Pojezierze", 1959. * ''Grunwald'', Warsaw: "Arkady" 1960. * ''Bitwa pod Grunwaldem'', Katowice: "Śląsk" 1987, * ''Król Jagiełło ok. 1351–1434'', Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej 1985, (wyd. 2 1987). * ''Wielka wojna z Zakonem Krzyżackim w latach 1409–1411'', Warsaw 1980, (wyd. 4 popr.) * ''Lata wojny trzynastoletniej w "Rocznikach, czyli kronikach" inaczej "Historii polskiej" Jana Długosza'', t.1-2, Łódź: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Wydawnicze 1964-1965. * ''Miechowita jako historyk'', Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwa Naukowe 1965. * ''Sienkiewicz a współczesna historiografia polska'', Warsaw 1966. * ''Rzeczywistość historyczna w "Krzyżakach" Henryka Sienkiewicza'', Warsaw: Państ. Instytut Wydawniczy 1967. *

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, ''Jadwiga i Jagiełło 1374-1413. Opowiadanie historyczne'', t.1-2, wstęp: Stefan M. Kuczyński, Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy 1969. * ''Spór o Grunwald'', Warsaw: MON 1972. * ''Studia z dziejów Europy Wschodniej X-XVII w.'', Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe 1965.

Historical novels

* ''Litwin i Andegawenka: powieść historyczna'', Katowice: "Śląsk" 1974. * ''Zawisza Czarny: powieść historyczna'', Katowice 1980, * ''Pierścień z szafirem. Opowieść o Macieju z Miechowa'', Warsaw: "Nasza Księgarnia" 1962. * ''Grunwaldzkie miecze. Powieść historyczna dla młodzieży'', Warsaw: Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza 1966. * ''Warneńczyk'' Warsaw: Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza 1968. * ''Przygody Kołatka'' Warsaw: Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza 1970.

References

* Tadeusz Dubicki, Krzysztof Antoni Kuczyński, ''Profesor Stefan Maria Kuczyński (1904-1985)'', "Studia i Materiały do Historii Wojskowości" 30 (1988), pp. 3–18. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuczynsk, Stefan Mariai 1904 births 1985 deaths People from Boryslav 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers