KAROL MALECZYŃSKI AS A RESEARCHER OF THE HISTORY OF THE POLISH-GERMAN WAR N 1109

Abstract

Deceased scholar from Wroclaw Karol Maleczyński published several scientific papers describing the Polish-German struggle of 1109. The scholar came to very interesting conclusions. As the first of the researchers, he contributed to a rather scrupulous display of political aspects accompanying the causes, course and consequences of the armed clash of 1109. He gave these problems a new tone. The importance of his achievements in this field indicates that no one after him has taken a serious look at the essence of the causes determining the outbreak of this war. Many of his statements from this area have been left in the polish historiography. However, it looks different when trying to comment on the reception of his explanations about the course of war struggles and their direct or long-term consequences. Although no studies have been included in this study, even indirectly referring to the observations made by the Professor, one can risk the assertion that most of his findings still work in science. Sometimes, some adjustments are made to them, but they do not change their fundamental overtone in any diametrical manner. Of course, it is impossible to forget about the observations of a scholar who, under the influence of the development of research, have been subjected to critical cutting, which consequently resulted in a definitive abandonment of them, or in some cases, significant remodeling.