ASKENAZY - TWO HUNDRED YEARS XVIII AND XIX vol. 1-2 [complete in vol.]

ASKENAZY Szymon

TWO CENTURIES XVIII AND XIX

Studies and contributions

t. 1-2 [complete in vol.]

Warsaw 1903, 1910, Gebethner I Wolff; pp. 478, [1], [2]; 581, [1], [2]; format 14.5x22.5 cm

Szymon Askenazy (born December 28,[1][2] 1865 in Zawichost, died June 22, 1935 in Warsaw)[3] - Polish historian of Jewish descent, mainly concerned with international relations in the 18th and 19th centuries. He was a professor at the University of Lviv and then Warsaw. In his political views he was close to the Legion-Piłsudski camp. Askenazy never subscribed to any political party. The founder of the Lviv school of history, also known as the Askenazy school.

Dzwonkowski, mentioning S. Askenazy wrote: "He was a Jew by origin and religion, a Pole - by choice and fondness, a European - by culture and ultimate civilizational ideals" ("Droga" 1935).

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