Cultural history of Poland
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The term cultural history refers both to an
Polish nation. Its subject matter encompasses the continuum of events leading from the Middle Ages
to the present.
The cultural history of Poland is closely associated with the field of Polish studies, interpreting the historical records with regard not only to its painting, sculpture and architecture, but also, the economic basis underpinning the Polish society by denoting the various distinctive ways of cohabitation by an entire group of people. Cultural history of Poland involves the aggregate of past cultural activity, such as ritual, ideas, sciences, social movements and the interaction of cultural themes with the sense of identity.
The cultural history of Poland can be divided into the following periods:
- Middle Ages
- Renaissance
- Baroque
- Enlightenment
- Romanticism
- Positivism
- Young Poland
- Interbellum
- World War II
- People's Republic of Poland[2]
- Modern
See also
Notes and references
- ISBN 0745644104.
- ^ Jie -Hyun Lim (2001). "People's Poland: Schizophrenia between Proletarian Internationalism and Official Nationalism" (PDF). "The Nationalist Message in Socialist Code" (in) S. Sogner, ed. Making Sense of Global History: The 19th International Congress of Historical Sciences Commemorative Volume. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. Retrieved November 24, 2012.