“Life History and Microhistory.” Introduction

Abstract

The terms “life history” and “microhistory,” juxtaposed in the title of this issue of Sensus Historiae, signal its main theme. This is an important topic for contemporary historiography, as evidenced, among other things, by Krzysztof Zamorski’s monograph The Plebanus and the Village. A Life History of the Parish Priest of Tenczynek in the Early Eighteenth Century: A Microhistorical Study (Kraków 2025). The authors of this volume analyze Zamorski’s monograph in the context of the relationship between life history and microhistory. The texts presented in this issue were written by specialists in various fields - modern history, historical methodology, and the history of historiography - and address a wide range of issues related both to the work in question and to the broader context in which it is situated.