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Echa debaty na temat dziejów bajecznych Polski w sylwach szlacheckich długiego wieku osiemnastego

Abstract

In the 18^th century, there was a debate in printed works about the authenticity of Poland’s most ancient history. Both views criticising the belief in Lech, Krakus or Piast, as well as those defending the Sarmatian vision of the Polish state’s past, were represented in manuscript books created by the noblemen. Tradition’s defenders, most often emotionally, blamed historians, mainly German, for deliberately distorting Polish history. Those denying mythical origins were much more laconic, considering the state’s most ancient past as ‘fabulous’.