Janusz Tazbir
Janusz Tazbir was a Polish historian, specializing in the culture and religion of Poland in the 16th and 17th centuries.Career
Tazbir was a foremost specialist in Old Polish history, and author of over 1000 publications. One of his most famous publications is Państwo bez stosów published in 1967. He has also written works popularizing history, as well as on history of literature. His works have been translated into foreign languages, including English and French.
In 1950 he received an M.A. at the Humanities Department of the University of Warsaw. In 1954 he received his Ph.D. and six years later he habilitated. He was editor-in-chief of the annual academic journal Odrodzenie i reformacja w Polsce since 1965, and professor of the Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of History since 1966. He was a full professor since 1973 and a member of Polish Academy of Sciences since 1989.
He was also the leader of the Science Council of Polski Słownik Biograficzny.Works
- "Historia Kościoła katolickiego w Polsce "
- "Państwo bez stosów. Szkice z dziejów tolerancji w Polsce w XVI i XVII w." English translation available
- "Dzieje polskiej tolerancji"
- "Kultura szlachecka w Polsce"
- "Spotkania z historią"
- "Tradycje tolerancji religijnej w polsce"
- "Szlaki kultury polskiej)
- "Polska przedmurzem chrześcijanskiej Europy: Mity a rzeczywistość" , English translation available
- "Reformacja, kontreformacja, tolerancja: A to Polska właśnie"
- "W pogoni za Europą"
- "Okrucieństwo w nowożytnej Europie"
Quote
- "In the social sciences, there is a rule that the more someone has written, the more erroneous hypotheses he has created."
