Gente Rutheni, natione Poloni: the Ruthenians of Polish nationality in Habsburg Galicia

In: Monograph series number nine

Abstract

"Polish historians and political leaders have often used the term gente Rutheni, natione Poloni to characterize figures of Ruthenian/Ukrainian descent who viewed themselves as part of a Polish political or national community. The duality and hybridity of theses figures' identity have excluded them from traditional Polish and Ukrainian national narratives. Adam Świątek provides in this book the first fully encompassing work examining the persons, organizations, and ideologies of this group from the end of the eighteenth to the beginning of the twentieth century."--