Władysław Czapliński (3 October 1905 in Tuchów – 17 August 1981 in

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

) was a Polish

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, a professor of the University of Wrocław, author of many popular books about Polish history. He finished his studies at the

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in 1927 in the

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, and for the next several years he was a teacher of history. During the

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he took part in the underground education in Poland during World War II. After the war he moved to

, where he worked at the local university until his retirement in 1975. He received many awards, including an honoris causa diploma from University of Gdańsk. He specialized in the 17th century: history of Denmark, Chmielnicki Uprising, Władysław IV Vasa and the

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Selected publications

* ''Polacy z Czarnieckim w Danii, 1658-59'' (1937) oles with Czarniecki in Denmark* '' Władysław IV wobec wojny 30-letniej'' (1937) ładysław IV and the Thirty Years' War* ''Pierwszy pobyt Jerzego Lubomirskiego na Śląsku'' (1946) irst visit of Jerzy Lubomirski to Silesia* ''Polska a Prusy i Brandenburgia za Władysława IV'' (1947) oland and Prussia-Branderburg during the reign of Władysław IV* ''Wpływ reformacji i kontrreformacji na stosunki narodowościowe na Śląsku'' (1949) nfluence of reformation and counterreformation on nationality relations in Silesia* ''Polska a Bałtyk w latach 1632-1648'' (1952) oland and Baltic during 1632-1648* ''Ruchy ludowe w 1651 roku'' (1953) eople's movements in 1651* ''Dwa

sejm The Sejm (), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (), is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People' ...

y w roku 1652 roku'' (1955) wo Sejms of 1652* ''Ideologie polityczne "Satyr" Krzysztofa Opalińskiego'' (1956) Satyr" political ideologies of Krzysztof Opaliński* ''Na dworze króla Władysława IV'' (1959) n the court of king Władysław IV* ''Historia Danii'' (1965, with Karol Górski) istory of Denmark* ''Władysław IV i jego czasy'' (1972) ładysław IV and his times* ''Życie codzienne magnaterii polskiej w XVII wieku'' (1976, with Józef Długosz) veryday life of Polish magnates in 17th century* ''Historia Niemiec'' (1981, with Adam Galos and Wacław Korta) istory of Germany

References

1905 births 1981 deaths 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Jagiellonian University alumni Fellows of Collegium Invisibile People from Tarnów County Historians of Poland Academic staff of the University of Wrocław {{Poland-historian-stub