SemesterFall Semester, 2018
DepartmentJunior Class A, Department of Slavics Junior Class B, Department of Slavics
Course NamePolish History and Religious: From Polytheism to Monotheism
InstructorRobert Biryndo
Credit2.0
Course TypeElective
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Course Description
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Week 1



Mythology: genesis and function.



Week 2



Slavic pantheon and gods of other religions



Week 3



Slavic main gods and deities. Gods of Sun and Fire. Less important gods. Ghosts and deamons.



Week 4



The relationship between the nature and community.



Week 5



Holy places, temples and cult in pre-Christian Poland.



Week 6



Sacred groves, waters and stones. Sacred mountains. Slavonic sanctuaries. Mounds in Little Poland.



Week 7



Slavic migration to Polish lands.



Week 8



Pre-state period of Poland.



Week 9



The earliest monasticism in Poland.



Week 10



Local inhabitants and their interaction with migrants.



Week 11



Beginning of Christianity in Poland.



Week 12



The Baptism of Poland.



Week 13



Poland under the Polanian dynasty and connections with Magyars



Week 14



Tatars invasion and relationships with the Catholic Order of Teutons.



Week 15



The union with Lithuania and the Jagiellon Dynasty



Week 16



Christianity in the Golden Age of Poland



Week 17



Serenissima Res Publica Poloniae – A Royal Republic



Week 18



Final exam



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Requirement/Grading

Class attendance is mandatory.

Each absence from class will receive a one-point deduction from the final grade.

Please do make every effort to come on time.



The final exam will be in the written form based on the book: Pra?mowska Anita, A History of Poland, London 2011


Textbook & Reference

Zielina Jakub, Wierzenia Pras?owian, Kraków 2014



Campell Joseph, The Power of Myth, New York 1991



Bieszk, Chrze?cija?scy królowie Lechii, Polska ?redniowieczna, Warszawa 2016



Buko Andrzej, The Archaeology of Early Medieval Poland, Leiden – Boston 2008



S?upecki Leszek Pawe?, Slavonic Pagan Sanctuaries, Warszawa 1994



Wiater ?ukasz, Narodziny Polski, Kraków 2018



Gieysztor Aleksander, Mitologia S?owian, Warszawa 2006



Zamoyski Adam, The Polish Way, New York, 1994



Davies Norman, God`s Playground, A History of Poland, Vol.1, New York 2005



Pra?mowska Anita, A History of Poland, London 2011


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