Wśród staropolskich historyków szkolnictwa

Abstract

The presented text is an introduction to research planned in a wider scope, the aim of which will be an analysis of the old Polish achievements in the history of schools, and a reconstruction of the actual knowledge of the society of that time, concerning the history of education. The beginnings of the Polish educational-historical writings were connected with the Cracow Academy, and mainly concerned its past and its contemporary situation. Since the end of the 16th century, when disagreements with the Jesuits grew stronger, the number of such works increased rapidly. The history of other schools in Poland was poorly known, which also refers to the Academy of Vilnius and the Academy of Zamość. Also the works concerning convent schools and schools of other religious denominations were rather modest. In the written legacy of the Old Polish period, there are no educational-historical works that would offer more significant scientific value. These works were usually papers concerning the contemporary problems of particular schools, printed documents and curricula. Several works of a wider scope appeared first at the end of the 16th century, but it was the 17th century that was the first period of scientific approach to the history of Polish schools.