KURTYKA Janusz - Tęczyńskis. Studium z dziejów polskiej elity możnowładczej w średniowieczu. Cracow 1997. publishing house and printing house "Secesja" [dedication and handwritten letter of Janusz Kurtyka to Aleksander Gieysztor].

KURTYKA Janusz - Tęczyńskis. Studium z dziejów polskiej elity możnowładczej w średniowieczu. Kraków 1997. Wydawnictwo i Drukarnia "Secesja" [dedication and handwritten letter from Janusz Kurtyka to Aleksander Gieysztor].

P. 674. height 24.5 cm. Publisher's cloth binding, wrappers. Janusz Kurtyka's dedication to Aleksander Gieysztor on front cover. Ex-libris. Minor scratches on the cover.

Enclosed is Janusz Kurtyka's handwritten letter (dated August 14, 1997) to Aleksander Gieysztor asking him to accept the work.

From the author's introduction: "In the period from the beginning of the 14th to the 2nd half of the 16th century, virtually only two magnate families, the Tarnowskis and the Tęczynskis, maintained their uninterrupted membership in the strict political elite of the Polish Kingdom. A monographic presentation of the careers, social position and property of the Tęczyńskis of the coat of arms Axe in the medieval period is the purpose of this work."

Aleksander Gieysztor (1916-1999) - medieval historian, professor at Warsaw University, member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle.