Władysław Czapliński

Who was Władysław Czapliński?

Władysław Czapliński was a Polish historian, a professor of the University of Wrocław, author of many popular books about Polish history.

He finished his studies at the Jagiellonian University in 1927 in the Second Polish Republic, and for the next several years he was a teacher of history. During the Second World War he took part in the underground education in Poland during World War II. After the war he moved to Wrocław, where he worked at the local university until his retirement in 1975. Fellow of Collegium Invisibile.

He received many awards, including an honoris causa diploma from University of Gdańsk. He specialized in the 17th century: history of Denmark, Chmielnicki Uprising, Władysław IV Vasa and the Thirty Years' War.