[75] Here belongs also the Collection of important historical
Documents, edited in 1847;[76] and a series of numismatic
publications, by Lelewel, who wrote in exile, by Poplinski, by Ig.
Zagorski and E. Rastawiecki, and above all by count E. Raczynski.[77]
The patriotic exertions of this nobleman, who has caused many a
valuable old manuscript to be printed; and who has never seemed to be
afraid of any sacrifice, when the promotion of science and literature
is concerned; deserve the highest praise, and ought to serve as a
model to others of noble name.
Church history also, a department hitherto entirely neglected, in
Poland, has begun to receive some small degree of attention in the
present period. Joseph Lukascewicz wrote a history of the Bohemian
Congregations in Poland,[78] in 1835; and in 1846 a history of the
Helvetian (Calvinistic) Confession in Lithuania. Count Valerian
Krasinski, who found a home in England, has likewise published a
history of the Reformation in Poland, in the English language.[79]
The history of recent times cannot be expected to be written in
Poland; where the pen is chained, even if the mind keeps itself
unfettered. The republic of Cracow, until about ten years ago, enjoyed
a certain degree of liberty.
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