Abstract
Between popularization and ‘scientificity’. In connection with the edition: John Peyton Jr, Relacja o państwie Polonia i prowincjach połączonych z tą Koroną A.D. 1598 (ed. Wacław Grzybowski, Klinika Języka, Szczęsne 2021) The article discusses Polish edition of the primary source presenting what John Peyton Jr., a representative of the English elite at the end of the 16th century, knew about Poland-Lithuania, i.e. “Relation of the State of Polonia and the Provinces United with that Crowne, Anno 1598” The main part of the text includes an analysis of the translation, as well as of the introduction and footnotes. It clearly shows that the edition in question does not meet any of the standards required of academic and popular publications, and can be only describes as of appallingly low quality. The second part of the article deals with the probable reasons why such a substandard work might have been published. It is also an appeal for more substantial involvement of the academic community in efforts aimed at popularization of history.
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