Table of Contents
Contents: Edward Potkowski: The Book in the World of Politics: Early Literary Culture in Poland, 10th–12th Century – Jacek Soszyński: Papal Plenitude of Power and World History: Papal Political Ideology in the Chronicle of Martin the Pole – Krzysztof Ożóg: The Concept «rex illiteratus quasi asinus coronatus» in Late Medieval Cracovian Writings – Anna Kamler: The Jagiellons vis-a-vis the Book and the Education of the Nobility – Jan Dzięgielewski: The Polish Sejm Debating over a Work of History: The Case of ‘De bello Moschovitico’ by Reinhold Heidenstein, in 1587 – Dariusz Kuźmina: The Jesuits as a Monastic Community Supportive of Secular Power in Reinforcing Catholicism in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th–17th Century – Jarosław Kurkowski: Historiography as an Instrument of Politics in the 18th Century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – Katarzyna Seroka: The Polish Library in Paris, 1838–1893 – Iwona H. Pugacewicz: Politics, Power, and the Batignolles School Library – Jacek Puchalski: Book, Press, and Book Market Research in the Service of Polish Government Agencies: The Institute for Scientific Investigation of Communism in Warsaw, 1930–1937 – Agnieszka Chamera-Nowak: Books in the Hands of Stalinists (1948–1956): Policies, their Implementation, and Results – Dariusz Jarosz: Communist Authorities, the Society, and the Book in Poland, 1945–1989: Mutual Relationships – Małgorzata Ptasińska: Forbidden Books: The Polish Instytut Literacki in Paris and the Editorial Policies of Jerzy Giedroyc, 1946–1989 – Marek Tobera: Polish Government Administration and the Professional Press Dedicated to the Book Market, 1989–2000.