Recovered Territory – yet at the same time a terra incognita? What sources could post-war Polish historical scholarship draw upon in the case of the Nysa-Otmuchów Duchy?
With the exception of local researchers, the history of the Nysa-Otmuchów Duchy remained for a long time (and perhaps still does) rather on the margins of historians' interests. The initial interest of Polish historians after the incorporation of these lands into Poland following World War II must have faced not only a lack of broader memory but also a rather limited body of earlier historical works, which often differed from the perspective that post-war historiography sought to present. What possibilities did Polish scholarship have at the outset, which older (including "German") authors and works could it draw upon, and did it effectively do so?
