Karol Szajnocha

Karol Szajnocha (also: Scheynoha de Wtellensky, Szejnoha de Wtellensky, born November 20, 1818 in Komarno, † January 10, 1868 in Lviv ) was a Polish writer and historian.

Szajnocha grew up in Lviv, which was occupied by partitions of Poland by Austria. Already as a student he founded in 1835 the secret Historical Society Towarzystwo Starozytnosci which aroused the distrust of public authorities, but first caused him because of the apparent harmlessness of the society only minor reprisals.

1835 took Szajnocha the studies at the Philosophical Faculty of the University Lvov. There he was arrested for distributing anti- Austria poems and spent two years in chains and in the dark in custody, which led to permanent health damage with him.

After his release he was not allowed to continue his studies and worked as a private tutor and proofreader at local magazines Dziennik Mód Paryskich, Lwowianin, Rozmaitosci and Gazeta Lwowska. In 1838 he joined the Polish illegal organization Młoda Sarmacja, although he was under police surveillance. 1853 Szajnocha was curator of the Ossolineum in Lviv. However, after six years, he had to give up the job because of an increasing blindness.

Szajnocha written numerous historical works, which enjoyed an enormous popularity. His most important six -volume work Monumenta historica Poloniae was published in the years 1864-1893.

Works

• Bolesław the Brave, 1848
• Pierwsze they Odrodzenie Polski 1279-1333, 1849
• Szkice historyczne, 4 volumes, 1854-69
• Jadwiga i Jagiello, 3 volumes, 1855-56
• Lechicki poczatek Polski, 1858
• Dwa lata dziejów naszych, 1646-1648, 2 volumes, 1865-69