Bruno of Querfurt
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It has been many years since the celebrations of the anniversaries of important events from the history of Poland gave the opportunity to start archeological excavations. Unfortunately lack of necessary knowledge and practical research... more
This book is a revised dissertation concerned with the three oldest hagiographies of St. Adalbert of Prague (BHL 37-40), treated as vehicles and voices in the debate about the new saint and the world around him. The study comprises of... more
(NOTE: Inevitably, this thesis deals with some fairly specialised topics, and the work of Ian Wood or James Palmer is a far better place to begin when dealing with many of the issues it covers. This is especially true of the section on... more
This article is a first attempt at systematically considering the penance imposed by Bolesław the Brave on the assassins of the so-called Five Martyred Brethren, described in Vita Quinquae Fratrum Eremitarum by St. Bruno of Querfurt (BHL... more
In historiography, the most popular thesis regarding the missions of Adalbert and Bruno is the one saying that they both went to the pagans looking for martyrdom. They considered it as the only true culmination of Christian life and the... more
The chronology of life and works of St. Bruno of Querfurt has few certain points of refer- ence. One of the most certain is his expedition from Ruthenia to the Pechenegs’ country, dated by W. Meysztowicz to 22 February 1008 and accepted... more
Nowe świadectwa rękopiśmienne "Żywota drugiego św. Wojciecha" w benedyktyńskim klasztorze w Rajhradzie na Morawach 1 W trakcie pracy nad edycją Vita altera s. Adalberti Jadwiga Karwasińska dysponowała mikrofilmami siedmiu rękopisów, w tym... more
Saints of the Christianization Age of Central Europe (Tenth-Eleventh Centuries), ed. Gábor Klaniczay, transl. Cristian Gaşpar, Marina Miladinov, Budapest–New York 2013, is already the sixth volume of the Central European Medieval Texts... more
Codex theol. lat. oct. 162 (Staatsbibliothek Berlin) plays an important role in Polish medieval studies due to its containing the sole witness of Vita Quinque Fratrum (BHL 1147) by Bruno of Querfurt. The article traces history of the... more
October, 18 2015, 16th Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society, George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA