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After One Disaster Comes Another? Extraordinary Events and Their Lessons in the Croniche di Lucca
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-30)In the Croniche di Lucca, which covers the period of Lucca’s history from 1168 to 1424, we read about many natural disasters. We can read in detail about the lean years of 1181, 1284, 1330, 1348–1350, and 1400, and the ... -
The Beginnings of the Organisation of Polish Historical Science in Great Britain after World War II
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-12-30)After the defeat of September 1939, a large number of Polish historians found themselves, together with the army, scattered abroad. They lost their previous academic research base, aids and equipment, book collections, ... -
Changing Craft in the Early Renaissance. Florentine Citizens and the Profession of Arms (1427–1430)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-12-30)Between the end of the 14th century and the beginning of the 15th century, the Republic of Florence was almost constantly engaged in war. As a result, public debt in a short time increased from 1 million to 3 million ... -
Community Resilience Dimensions of Agency and Human Values in the Response of Polish Border Communities to the Refugee Crisis Caused by the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2022
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-12-31)This research aims to explore the role of community resilience in response to the refugee crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 by specifically studying two core dimensions of community ... -
A Comprehensive Examination of the 1852 Persian Military Manual: ‘General Regulations for the Exercises and Marches of the Infantry of the Esteemed Government of Iran’
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-12-31)This article deals with the study and analysis of an important Persian military manual, entitled ‘General Regulations for the Exercises and Marches of the Infantry of the Esteemed Government of Iran’ ( قواعد کلیه از برای ... -
Conveying the Tragedy of War Through Unconventional Photography Methods
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-12-31)This article analyses the specificity of conveying the tragedy of war through artistic photography. Comparing photos from the Vietnam War and the contemporary Russian-Ukrainian war illustrates how the range of figurative ... -
The Evolution of the Role of Mass Media in Wars – Media as a Tool, a Threat and a Side of the War
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-30)Released information can lead to the outbreak of war, such as ‘The Ems Telegram’. It can also cause changes in the actions of the ‘great and the small’ of this world, influence the perception of reality and lead to a ... -
An Examination of Sassanian Siege Warfare (3rd to 7th centuries CE)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-12-31)This article examines Sassanian siege warfare and technology in the domains of ballistae, ‘scorpions’, catapults, and battering rams. Sassanian siege warfare necessitated the use of protection/shielding for personnel (combat ... -
The Fate of the Brazilian Collection of the State Zoological Museum in Warsaw Before and During the Second World War (1939–1945)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-30)Before the Second World War, the State Zoological Museum in Warsaw was a dynamically functioning research institution, characterised by its rapidly growing collections of contemporary animals for scientific, educational ... -
Grand Tour Correspondence in the Time of War: The Early Stages of the War of the Spanish Succession in the Letters of Henry Bentinck, Viscount Woodstock and His Tutor Paul Rapin-Thoyras (1701–1702)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-12-31)Letters sent during a Grand Tour, an early modern educational journey, are often considered important sources for the history of tourism and travel, history of diplomacy or family relations. However, the example of the ... -
Incorporation of Andriy Melnyk’s OUN into the Kharkiv Environment (1941–1943)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-30)Today, studying the spread of OUN activities, particularly those of the OUN(m), in Eastern Ukraine during the German-Soviet War is particularly relevant. This paper aims to highlight the work of the OUN(m) in Kharkiv during ... -
Military Engineers and Artillery Production in Milan Under the Sforza (1450–1535). Institutions, Professionalism, Techniques
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-12-30)The late 15th-century Milanese army boasted an impressive artillery park of several heavy bombards and a multitude of light field artillery pieces. Such war machines were manufactured and operated by the specialised personnel ... -
Military Migration as a Social Consequence of War. On the Example of the Hvizdets-Obertyn Campaign of 1531
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-12-30)Since the end of the Middle Ages, most of the wars fought by the Jagiellons were fought by enlisted soldiers, while every year they served in the permanent defence system (Polish: obrona potoczna) in the Ruthenian lands. ... -
Military Service of Knights, Vogts and Village Mayors in the Kingdom of Poland under the Reign of Władysław II Jagiełło: Legal Regulations
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-12-31)The reign of Władysław Jagiełło in Poland was highly significant. He not only established a new dynasty but also succeeded diplomatically and militarily in foreign policy. His forty-year reign was also a time of granting ... -
The Mongol Invasion of Hungary in 1241–1242. New Perspective
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-12-30)The Mongols invaded Hungary in the spring of 1241 and occupied it until the middle of 1242. Recent research has unearthed new data in connection with Hungarian resistance against the Mongols and on the basis of these new ... -
Overestimated Balance Sheet — the Astray of Research Without Archival Sources In Response to Kazimierz Przeszowski
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-30)The polemic reviews the research of Kazimierz Przeszowski, which was intended as a balance sheet of previous estimates by Stanisław Płoski and Ewa Śliwińska, Adam Borkiewicz, Hanns von Krannhals, Maria Turlejska, Antoni ... -
Population Losses in the Wola Area During the Warsaw Uprising 1944. A Review of Research and an Attempt at Balance
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-12-30)This article reviews the research of Stanisław Płoski and Ewa Śliwińska, Adam Borkiewicz, Hanns von Krannhals, Maria Turlejska, Antoni Przygoński, Joanna Hanson, Maja Motyl and Stanisław Rutkowski, Piotr Gursztyn, Norbert ... -
Reconstruction of Kharkiv in 1943–1945
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-12-30)The events of the Second World War brought immense suffering and devastation to countries around the world, and the USSR, including Ukraine, was no exception. Almost 80 years ago, the liberation of Ukrainian territories ... -
Regional Office for Aid to the Victims of War in Prague (1919–1938)
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(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-12-31)
The killings and mutilations brought about by World War I left a significant mark on society: missing husbands and fathers, surviving war veterans, widows and orphans. The newly formed Czechoslovakia had to deal with this ... -
Representation of the Nazi Crimes in Donbass in Soviet Documentary and Fictional Cinema (1943–1950)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-30)Soviet documentary and fiction cinema of World War II and the first postwar years created several images related to Donbas. This region had played a significant role in Soviet socio-political discourse since prewar times. ...