Wojciech Fałkowski
University of Warsaw, Medieval History, Faculty Member
- Born in 1952. MA 1976, University of Warsaw; PhD 1986, post-doctoral degree (habilitacja) 2000 (both at UW); titular ... moreBorn in 1952. MA 1976, University of Warsaw; PhD 1986, post-doctoral degree (habilitacja) 2000 (both at UW); titular professor since 2013. Between 1976 and 1977 intern at the UW, dismissed for political reasons (collaboration with the independent Committee for Social Self-Defence KOR). In 1977-1981 director of the “Głos” and “Krąg” underground publishing houses. Restored to his position at the IH UW in 1980; worked there as assistant lecturer (1980-1986) and assistant professor (1986-1993). On leave between 1993 and 2000. In 1993-2001 secretary general of the Polish National Commission for UNESCO. UW professor since 2002. Since 1994 editor-in-chief of the Quaestiones Medii Aevi Novae annual journal. In 2000-2002 chair of the Organising Committee of the First Congress of Polish Medievalists and in 2001-2012 chair of the Standing Committee of Polish Medievalists. Member of the International Advisory Committee of UNESCO’s "Memory of the World" programme (1997-2001), and (2001-2005) chair of the programme’s Register Sub-Committee. Between 2004 and 2005 chair of the Mayor’s Commission for assessing the damages suffered by Warsaw and its inhabitants during the occupation period of 1939-1945. In 2008-2012 professor at the University of Paris-Sorbonne.edit
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After the death of queen Hedwig in 1399 the Polish political elites had to redefine the overriding interests of the Crown and the legal situation of its ruler Ladislaus Jagiello. The issue which required an immediate answer concerned the... more
After the death of queen Hedwig in 1399 the Polish political elites had to redefine the overriding interests of the Crown and the legal situation of its ruler Ladislaus Jagiello. The issue which required an immediate answer concerned the ideological and political right to ascend to the throne and this led to the need of discussing the changes of the resolutions passed at the Union of Krewo. The period marked by the years 1399–1401 constituted a breakthrough in Jagiello’s rule, as at that time the king obtained a greater freedom of maneuver. In the charter of the Union of Radom, the corpus of the highest state administration confirmed the accord negotiated between the ruler and his subjects. According to the author, the beginning of the 15th century marked a period of soft politics which avoided violating the interests of powerful family groups and regional factions while at the same time by degrees promoting the king’s trusted favorites. Jagiello’s strategic goal was to acquire a st...
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Cette table ronde a ete organisee a l'occasion de la parution du livre "Les funerailles princieres en Europe, XVIe-XVIIIe siecle : le grand theâtre de la mort", sous la direction de Juliusz A. Chrościcki, Mark Hengerer et... more
Cette table ronde a ete organisee a l'occasion de la parution du livre "Les funerailles princieres en Europe, XVIe-XVIIIe siecle : le grand theâtre de la mort", sous la direction de Juliusz A. Chrościcki, Mark Hengerer et Gerard Sabatier, Coedition Centre de recherche du château de Versailles/Editions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme (collection « Aulica »), mai 2012. Reunissant des historiens, historiens de l'art, anthropologues, specialistes du pouvoir politique et du religieux cette table ronde ouvre le debat autour des rituels funeraires et des funerailles royales dans l’Europe de l’epoque moderne. Les funerailles sont envisagees comme strategies de pouvoir des monarchies, constituant un rituel interne de transmission du pouvoir. Elles sont aussi analysees dans le cadre de leurs relations avec les dynasties et de leurs rapports tant avec leurs opinions publiques qu’avec une opinion europeenne en formation. Dans l’Europe princiere des temps modernes, les funerailles des souverains et des membres de leur famille donnent lieu a des ceremonies fastueuses dont les historiens n’ont que fort recemment mis en valeur le caractere fondamental. Consacre aux rituels funeraires princiers, cet ouvrage rassemble pour la premiere fois des etudes de cas collectes dans toute l’Europe chretienne du XVIe au XVIIIe siecle, ouvrant ainsi la voie a des comparaisons fructueuses. Depuis le XVIe siecle, les rituels funeraires curiaux se conforment a un schema en trois temps (l’exposition du corps du defunt, le convoi vers le lieu de sepulture, l’office religieux et la mise au tombeau) pouvant varier en fonction des institutions et traditions propres a chaque pays, de la conjoncture politique et religieuse, des rapports de force internes et de la position occupee dans le jeu politique europeen. Au XVIIe siecle, ce schema est bouleverse : le modele Renaissance, antiquisant, qui privilegie l’exposition et le convoi, est abandonne au profit de pompes funebres baroques somptueuses a l’interieur de l’eglise, ou le catafalque – ou castrum doloris – occupe desormais la place centrale. Cette accentuation de la mise en scene et du caractere spectaculaire est etroitement liee a une veritable curialisation des funerailles, transformant une ceremonie originairement de nature politique et dynastique en fait de societe.
Research Interests: Religion, Humanities, Art, Europe, His, and 6 moreRite, Mort, Christianisme, Pompes Funèbres, History Archaeology, and Période Moderne
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1370, les funérailles de Casimir le Grand Casimir III le Grand, dernier roi de la dynastie des Piast, mourut subitement à l’automne 1370. Bien que ses dernières volontés eussent été annoncées à l’avance et que son entourage comme... more
1370, les funérailles de Casimir le Grand Casimir III le Grand, dernier roi de la dynastie des Piast, mourut subitement à l’automne 1370. Bien que ses dernières volontés eussent été annoncées à l’avance et que son entourage comme l’administration centrale de l’État parussent avoir été bien préparés à affronter les troubles de succession, une crise d’interrègne pouvait éclater. Désigné comme successeur au trône, Louis Ier, roi de Hongrie, arriva à Cracovie deux jours après la disparition du ro..
Research Interests: Religion, Art, Europe, His, Rite, and 5 moreMort, Christianisme, Pompes Funèbres, History Archaeology, and Période Moderne
C’est peu dire que les actes du colloque international de Poitiers etaient attendus avec impatience. Organise par le CESCM en 2004, ce colloque a reuni les plus eminents specialistes du haut Moyen Âge pour trois journees ambitieuses, car... more
C’est peu dire que les actes du colloque international de Poitiers etaient attendus avec impatience. Organise par le CESCM en 2004, ce colloque a reuni les plus eminents specialistes du haut Moyen Âge pour trois journees ambitieuses, car generalistes : son but n’etait pas d’eclairer l’un ou l’autre aspect de l’empire carolingien – la meme annee, les celebrations autour d’Alcuin avaient deja permis de progresser dans la connaissance precise des reseaux intellectuels et des methodes de travail ...
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On 5 March 2009 a debate on higher education in France was held at the Universite Paris IV Sorbonne. Searching for new Solutions and copying patterns from other countries are elements which are regularly found in academic and political... more
On 5 March 2009 a debate on higher education in France was held at the Universite Paris IV Sorbonne. Searching for new Solutions and copying patterns from other countries are elements which are regularly found in academic and political discussions. The author touches upon the most important issues that were discussed during the debate.
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After the death of queen Hedwig in 1399 the Polish political elites had to redefine the overriding interests of the Crown and the legal situation of its ruler Ladislaus Jagiello. The issue which required an immediate answer concerned the... more
After the death of queen Hedwig in 1399 the Polish political elites had to redefine the overriding interests of the Crown and the legal situation of its ruler Ladislaus Jagiello. The issue which required an immediate answer concerned the ideological and political right to ascend to the throne and this led to the need of discussing the changes of the resolutions passed at the Union of Krewo. The period marked by the years 1399–1401 constituted a breakthrough in Jagiello’s rule, as at that time the king obtained a greater freedom of maneuver. In the charter of the Union of Radom, the corpus of the highest state administration confirmed the accord negotiated between the ruler and his subjects. According to the author, the beginning of the 15th century marked a period of soft politics which avoided violating the interests of powerful family groups and regional factions while at the same time by degrees promoting the king’s trusted favorites. Jagiello’s strategic goal was to acquire a st...
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The spring of 881 at last heralded in the Kingdom of the Western Franks the progressing stabilisation of power. Already a year before, the young kings, sons of Louis the Stammerer, had divided among themselves, without controversy or war,... more
The spring of 881 at last heralded in the Kingdom of the Western Franks the progressing stabilisation of power. Already a year before, the young kings, sons of Louis the Stammerer, had divided among themselves, without controversy or war, the inheritance from their father1. It happened in early 880, with an active participation of the most prominent lords of the kingdom and a clearly visible supervision of a much older Carolingian, repre senting a competing line of the dynasty of the Eastern Franks, and the paternal uncle of the young rulers, Louis III the Younger. First, in February an agreement was reached with the king from behind the Rhine. Lotharingia which he demanded while supporting his claims with a display of force, was given back to him. In the valley of the Oise a meeting was held of the two armies: the one of the Eastern Franks supported by a part of the aristocracy from the Western Kingdom, and the other one, which consisted of troops under the two newly crowned kings...