Stanisław Kutrzeba
Stanisław Marian Kutrzeba (1876–1946) was a Polish historian and politician who was
His works in the area of history were centered on the
Life
Stanisław Kutrzeba spent his youth in Kraków, where he finished his education, obtaining a doctorate in law from the Jagiellonian University in 1898; he also studied abroad (in Paris) and in 1902 he obtained a habilitation. His career was closely connected to the university where he obtained his doctorate: he became a professor of the Jagiellonian University in 1908 and from then until the end of his life was the Chair of Studies in Polish law. Chair of the Law Department (1913/1914, 1920/1921), he also held the post of university's rector (1932/33).
He was also an activist in other organizations, the most prominent of which was the
In November 1939 he was arrested by
In 1918 he was a member of the Polish delegation at the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920).
In 1944 he was involved in the talks that led to the creation of a Provisional Government of National Unity. In 1945 he became a member of the State National Council.
He received decorations including the Commander's Cross and Commander's Cross with Star of
Works
Kutrzeba works in the area of history were centered on the history of
Selected works:
- Przyczynek do dyplomatyki polskiej w XIII wieku (1895)
- Finanse Krakowa w wiekach średnich (1899)
- Historya rodziny Wierzynków (1899)
- Podwody miast polskich do roku 1564 (1900)
- Stosunki prawne Żydów w Polsce w XV stuleciu (1901)
- Studya do historii sądownictwa w Polsce (1901–1903)
- Handel Krakowa w wiekach średnich na tle stosunków handlowych Polski (1902)
- Taryfy celne i polityka celna w Polsce od XIII do XV wieku (1902)
- Urzędy koronne i nadworne w Polsce, ich początki i rozwój do roku 1504 (1903)
- Dawny zarząd Wawelu (1906)
- Skład sejmu polskiego, 1493-1793 (1906)
- Mężobójstwo w prawie polskiem XIV i XV wieku (1907)
- Franciszek Piekosiński jako historyk prawa polskiego (1908)
- Przyczynki do teoryi runicznej (1909)
- Kilka słów o metrykach kościelnych w Polsce (1910)
- Unia Polski z Litwą. Problem i metoda badania (1911)
- Sprawa polska w Królestwie Polskim 1815-1915 (1916)
- Sprawa żydowska w Polsce (1918)
- Dawne polskie prawo sądowe (1921, 2 tomy)
- Polska Odrodzona (1921)
- Sejm Walny dawnej Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (1922)
- Polskie prawo polityczne według traktatów (1923, 2 części)
- Historia Śląska (1933, redaktor)
- Metoda historyczna w prawie politycznym (1938)
- Polska Akademia Umiejętności 1872-1938 (1939)
- Wstęp do nauki o państwie i prawie (1946)
See also
- List of Poles
References
- Biogramy uczonych polskich (Biographies of Polish Scholars), Część I: Nauki społeczne (Part I: Social Sciences), zeszyt 2: K-O (fascicle 2: K–O) (pod redakcją Andrzeja Śródki i Pawła Szczawińskiego [edited by Andrzej Śródka and Paweł Szczawiński), Wrocław, Ossolineum, 1984.
- W. J. R. (November 1946). "Obituaries: Stanisław Kutrzeba". The Slavonic and East European Review. 25 (64).