Jan Drabina
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Prof.
Professor
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 Dr. Hab.
Habilitation
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 Jan Drabina (born 1939 in Cieszyn
Cieszyn
Cieszyn is a border-town and the seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has 36,109 inhabitants . Cieszyn lies on the Olza River, a tributary of the Oder river, opposite Český Těšín....

) is Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 historian
Historian
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, professor at the Jagiellonian University
Jagiellonian University
The Jagiellonian University was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kazimierz . It is the oldest university in Poland, the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest universities in the world....

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He graduated from the Jagiellonian University in 1964 and gained a Ph.D. from the University of Silesia
University of Silesia
The University of Silesia in Katowice is an autonomous state university in Silesia Province, Poland.The University of Silesia should not be confused with a similarly named university in Opava, Czech Republic ....

 in 1969. In 1993 Drabina gained the title of professor. He is a honorary citizen of Bytom
Bytom
Bytom is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The central-western district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Bytom is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka river .The city belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship since...

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Works

  • "Kontakty Wrocławia z Rzymem w latach 1409-1517", Wrocław 1981
  • "Idee koncyliaryzmu na Śląsku", Kraków 1984
  • "Rola argumentacji religijnej w walce politycznej w późnośredniowiecznym Wrocławiu", Kraków 1984
  • "Religie na ziemiach Polski i Litwy w średniowieczu", Kraków 1989
  • "Życie codzienne w miastach śląskich XIV i XV wieku", Opole 1991
  • "Historia Gliwic" (ed.), Gliwice 1995
  • "Historia Chorzowa", Chorzów 1998
  • "Historia Tarnowskich Gór" (ed.), tarnowskie Góry 2000
  • "Historia Bytomia 1254-2000", Bytom 2000
  • "Kontakty papiestwa z Polską w latach Schizmy Zachodniej 1378-1415", Kraków 2003
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