PIERADZKA Krystyna
ON THE TRAILS OF LEMKOWSZCZYZNA
Cracow 1939. published by the Committee for Homesteaded Nobility in the East of Poland at the Society for the Development of Eastern Lands; pp. XII, 232, black-and-white photographs in the text, two fold-out black-and-white maps (a map of the western Lemkivshchyna clusters and a sample plan of the distribution of the properties of the noble families in the Lemkivshchyna in the 18th century), format 16x24 cm
Contents include: What the southern borderland of the ancient Polish land looked like. Kings, knights and monks in the colonization of Subcarpathia. About the Gladys, lords of Szymbark. The beginnings of the Stadnicki fortune. About old castles and the defense of the Polish borderland. Muszyna castle and the Tylicz trenches. About robbers and Beskidniks and how they were judged in Muszyna. Historical events of the 15th and 16th centuries in the Subcarpathian region. Lisowszczycy. The impact of the Cossack and Khmelnitsky wars. The battles of the Bar confederates in Lemkivshchyna and the souvenirs of them. About old cities and towns. Roads and tracts. Biecz, Gorlice, Grybów and the old town of Krosno called "little Cracow". Dukla and its lords. Żmigród and Jaśliska. The importance of cities for the development of Subcarpathia. About Wallachian villages and Wallachian colonization. From where the Wallachians came to Podkarpacie and how they settled. The contribution of Wallachian culture. The history of Uścia Ruskie with the surrounding area an example of the location and history of Lemko villages. About Lemko villages, their construction and types. Lemko houses and Orthodox churches. Occupations of the population. Decorations. About the village of Rychwald and its ancient privilege. Spiritual culture of the Lemkos. Legends, customs, belief in witches, orders, charms. About Lemko literature. Proprietors - nobility of the 18th and 19th centuries in Lemkivshchyna. In the heat of the world war. Monumental cemeteries. Summer resorts and bathing places: Krynica, Wysowa, Zegiestow, Wapienne. Wandering camps in Lemkivshchyna.
PUBLISHER'S SOFTCOVER
Condition BDB-/ few stains, NICE Piece.
