Peace, many would agree, is a goal that democratic nations should strive to achieve. But is
democracy, in fact, dependent on war to survive? Having spent their celebrated careers …

The question of how to define “culture” has produced an immense number of answers and
interpretations. To Raymond Williams,“the concept is among the two or three most …

Interest in a “Catholic Enlightenment” among Polish ecclesiastical and intellectual historians
dates from the Second Vatican Council. 1 Research has been concentrated in two main …

The book by an eminent researcher of the history of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
familiarises the readers with the most important events of the epoch, analyses the …

This article describes the correlation between language and nation in Enlightenment
thought and its perceived value as a means to pursue investigations aimed at deciphering …

This article addresses the adaptation of the 1869 French novella 'Lokis', by Prosper
Mérimée, as a feature-length film in Poland in 1970 by Janusz Majewski, from a postcolonial …

Esta investigación es un análisis histórico sobre la ampliación de la Unión Europea (UE) a
Europa central y del este. La caída del totalitarismo comunista se toma como punto de …

Twenty-six kilometres north of Vilnius lies the geographical centre of Europe. Twenty-six
years ago, its location was calculated by the French Institut Géographique National–at a …

A self-congratulatory tone emanated from some of the communications by noble delegates
at the diet of 1764/1765; one of them, Ferenc Rosty, bragged about the long hours he and …

17th century marked the spread of Christianity and move of the heart of Europe from the
Mediterranean Sea region to North-Western Europe. At the same time, Europe moved from …