Aleksander Gieysztor

Aleksander Gieysztor (17 July 1916 – 9 February 1999) was a Polish medievalist historian.

Life Aleksander Gieysztor was born to a Polish family in Moscow, Russia, where his father worked as a railwayman. In 1921, the family relocated to Poland and settled in Warsaw. He graduated in history from the University of Warsaw in 1937.

He was married to Irena Gieysztor née Czarnecka, a fellow historian.

The Aleksander Gieysztor Prize of the Kronenberg Foundation and the Aleksander Gieysztor Academy of Humanities are named after him.

Awards 1944: Silver Cross of the Order Virtuti Militari 1961: Legion d'Honneur 1980: The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1994: Order of the White Eagle 1993: Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta 1999: The Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Books

Historia Polski (co-author; 1947) Ze studiów nad genezą wypraw krzyżowych (1948) Zarys nauk pomocniczych historii (1948), a textbook used by a lot of generations of Polish students Zarys dziejów pisma łacińskiego (1972) Zamek Królewski w Warszawie (1973) Mitologia Słowian (1982) (wyd. Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe, 1982 i 1986, w serii * Mitologie Świata, ). Dzieje Mazowsza do 1526 roku (co-author Henryk Samsonowicz) La Pologne et l’Europe au Moyen Age. Warszawa, P.W.N. Conférence au Centre Scientifique Parisien de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences le 10 décembre 1962. Società e cultura nell’alto Medioevo Polacco. Ossolineum 1965. Conférence à l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences à Rome le 5 novembre 1963.