Verbum Nobile No. 20 - 2016

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Dear Readers,

It is with great honour and pleasure that we wish to present to you the twentieth issue of our magazine! It is the first issue, however, to be almost entirely bilingual. We would like to express our thanks to the Authors and the Persons involved in its creation, but most importantly, to our Dear Readers. We hope that we will successfully continue to publish Verbum Nobile on a regular basis, constantly developing it, our primary goal being the Readers' satisfaction.

Last year our association celebrated the 20th anniversary of its existence. You might want to check out our brief account of the event, together with some reprints of interviews from other magazines that were published on that occasion.

The year 2017, in turn, marks the hundredth anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. That is why we chose to publish articles that focus on several families of the Eastern Borderlands of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Apart from that, we also encourage Our Readers to take a look at other texts close to the profile of our Association, written not without a pinch of humour, such as "Scribbles also create a history". And, speaking of associations, we profile the European CILANE organization, as well as the history of academic corporations. Last, but not least, we would like to draw your attention to an interesting interview with professor Krzysztof Zanussi, who never fails to give food for thought.

On top of that, we've allocated room for articles on slightly different themes, such as wines and automobiles, for instance in the article "Lunch for four", which features a distinctly British-styled sense of humour.

On behalf of the Editors, we hope you enjoy this  issue of Verbum Nobile!

Henryk Grocholski
Editor-in-Chief, President of the Main Board of the Polish Nobility Association

Contents

• Introduction 
• Guzów revival – Marcin Brzeziński
• The power of genes: a brief account of the roots of the might-have-been Polish queen Amalie of the house of Wittelsbach – Adam Biliński
• What you need is courage. An interview with Henryk Grocholski and Michał Niemirowicz-Szczytt – Marta Pawłowska
•  The passion of Michał. The life and martyrdom of the blessed father Michał Czartoryski OP – Marcin Brzeziński
•  A few words about values. An interview with professor Krzysztof Zanussi – Maja Grocholska, Marek Ratajczak
•  Polish academic corportions - then and now – Krzysztof W. Fornalski
•  Scribbles also create a history – Lech Niepiekło
•  The extraordinary life of Michał Mrozowicki and his descendants – Jerzy A. Mrozowicki
•  Commission d'information et de liaison des associations nobles d'Europe – CILANE - Christina Antell, Claës Af Burén
•  The totem of intelligentsia: aristocracy, nobility and gentry in the Polish social space – Rafał Smoczyński, Tomasz Zarycki
•  An account of our trip to Riga on the 410th Anniversary of the battle of Kircholm – Jadwiga Kopeć
•  Memories of Zofia Grocholska, née Zamoyska – Marcin Brzeziński
•  The oldest representations of the Jelita coat od arms from the 14th century – Maciej Saryusz-Romiszewski
•  Stardust Memories. Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2016 – Błażej Żuławski
•  One for all and all for one. Summer Camp of the Order of Malta for Disabled Youth – Karol Jarnuszkiewicz
•  A few words on the art of wine tasting – Tomasz Zaremba
•  Lunch for four. A conversation about cars and aesthetics – Błażej Żuławski
•  How to be a nobleman in the third Polish Republic. An interview with Henryk Grocholski and Adam A. Pszczółkowski – Jakub Majmurek
•  The Polish manor. The great career of a national symbol - continuity, Synthesis, meaning – Beata Kazimierska-Korsak, Michał Korsak
•  The Kopeć family from the estate of Usa. The art of reading decrees of descent – Adam A. Pszczółkowski
•  Latvia and Estonia. Snapshots of a trip – Anna Romiszewska, Michał Niemirowicz-Szczytt
•  The Słonecki family of the Korab coat of arms – Adam Biliński
•  The 20th anniversary of the Polish Nobility Association
•  Photos of the Polish Nobility Association events

Excerpts from Verbum Nobile No. 20