The Jury awarded the following prizes

On December 6, 2024, the Jury of the “Source Studies” award named after Stefan K. Kuczyński held a meeting. This award is given for Polish monographs in the field of source studies and auxiliary sciences of history, as well as for source editions covering periods from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. This was the final of the 13th edition of the competition, evaluating books published in 2023.

In the current edition of the competition, the second prize went to Piotr Okniński for his monograph ‘Wehikuły pamięci. Past and power in old Kraków (until the end of the 18th century)’, Warsaw 2023.

The Jury (composed of the Editorial Board and the Editors of the journal) awarded the following prizes:

In the category of Monographs in the field of source studies and auxiliary sciences of history:

1st Prize: Marian Wolski, “Bartłomiej Paprocki (ca. 1539–1614) of the Jastrzębiec coat of arms and his family circle,” Historia, Hereditas, Ecclesia, vol. 22, Księgarnia Akademicka Publishing, Kraków 2023, pp. 228.
2nd Prize: Piotr Okniński, “Vehicles of Memory. The Past and Power in Old Kraków (until the end of the 18th century),” University of Warsaw Press, Warsaw 2023, pp. 266.

In the category of Source Editions:

1st Prize: Adam Kozak, “The Judicial Book of the Gniezno General Vicars Sędka from Czechla and Jan from Brzóstkowo (1449–1453, 1455). Source study and critical edition,” Folia Jagellonica. Fontes, vol. 12, Poznań Society of Friends of Science, Polish Historical Society, Poznań-Warsaw 2023, pp. 522.
2nd Prize: Paweł Zając OMI, “Stanisław Konarski before the Holy Office (1769–1771),” [translation of archival materials for the editorial part by Paweł Zając (Italian), Monika Miazek-Męczyńska, Paweł Zając (Latin)], Adam Mickiewicz University Publishing, Poznań 2023, pp. 852.
3rd Prize: “Privilegia Casimiriana. Privileges of King Casimir IV Jagiellon for Gdańsk during the Thirteen Years’ War,” introduction, elaboration, commentary and translation by Marcin Grulkowski, Sources for the History of Gdańsk, vol. 1, Gdańsk Museum, Gdańsk 2023, pp. 319.