Przybysław Dyjamentowski

Przybysław Dyjamentowski (1694–1774) was a notable Polish documents forger and writer.[1] In his lifetime he prepared several "ancient" chronicles, diplomas and genealogies for sale. One of his best known works is the Slavic-Sarmatian Chronicle of Prokosz, which gained much popularity as one of the earliest mentions of Poland (dated to 936). The forged chronicle was first published in 1825 by Hipolit Kownacki.[1][2] The chronicle was supposed to stretch back the existence of Poland as an independent nation by a few generations beyond the accepted start of the Piast dynasty and support a connection between mediaeval Poles and ancient Sarmatians and peoples of East India.[3]

Dyjamentowski's forgeries were not always recognised as such, although they are now regarded as entirely pseudohistorical, and have at times been influential, even in the twenty-first century among a minority of Polish nationalists.

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References
  1. János M. Bak; Patrick J. Geary; Gábor Klaniczay (2014). Manufacturing a Past for the Present: Forgery and Authenticity in Medievalist Texts and Objects in Nineteenth-Century Europe. BRILL. p. IX, 12, 16. ISBN 9789004276819. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. Tazbir, Janusz (1979). Spotkania z historią (in Polish). Warszawa: Iskry. p. 233. ISBN 8320700531. OCLC 6557230.
  3. Bak, János M. (2014-11-07). Manufacturing a Past for the Present: Forgery and Authenticity in Medievalist Texts and Objects in Nineteenth-Century Europe. National cultivation of culture. 7. Leiden: BRILL. pp. IX. ISBN 9789004276819.


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