Arkadiusz Michalak
Biographic Data
| ID | 2740244 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arkadiusz Michalak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arkadiusz |
| FAMILY NAME | Michalak |
| SIGNATURE | MICHALAK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Medical University of Lodz |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8406-8787 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Investigating the Provenance and Manufacturing Technology of Medieval Mace Heads from Poland
A mace is a butt weapon that is composed of a metal head that is mounted on a wooden haft. The paper deals with the origins of medieval mace heads that were discovered in Polish lands; these have been a subject of debate since they were first discovered there. In previous research, only form and decoration were used to determine the provenance of these artefacts. A technological analysis (ED-XRF, SEM) and provenance analysis of the raw material u…
“…Biau sire saint Jacque, que j’ai requis, aidiés moy et secourrez à ce besoing”. A medieval equestrian equipment with the emblem of Saint James the major from Western Poland and its European signific…
This paper provides the analysis of equestrian equipment excavated from two castles and a town, Lubrza and Międzyrzecz, located in Lubuskie Voivodship in western Poland. It contains a stratigraphic context assessment and a description of the four artifacts. The second part of this work establishes the chronology of the artifacts using comparative analysis with similar items recovered in various parts of Europe. Cultural contextualization of the f…
Lost and Found. The Residence of Nostitz Family in Chotków, Lower Silesia
The archaeological research conducted in Chotków, Lower Silesia focused on verifying the existence and character of a presumed defensive-residential site associated with the von Nostitz family. Archival studies indicate that from the 14th to the 16th centuries, Chotków hosted multiple stone residential towers with defensive features, though their precise locations had remained unverified until recently. Remote sensing and geophysical surveys, com…
Jiří Hošek, Jiří Košta, Petr Žákovský, Ninth to Mid-Sixteenth Century Swords From The Czech Republic in Their European Context. Part II, Swords of Medieval and Early Renaissance Europe as a Technologi…
Recenzja
Petr Žákovský, Patrick Bárta, Jiří Hošek, Středověké meče v českých zemích. Meč jako technologický, kulturněhistorický a archeologický fenomé
Recenzja
Comparison of Metabolic Control in Children and Adolescents Treated with Insulin Pumps
Any integration between the insulin pump and CGM was associated with better glycemic control. More advanced technologies and artificial intelligence in diabetes help patients maintain better glycemia by eliminating various factors affecting postprandial glycemia
Wind from the South? Mace head from Surowica in the light of formal and metallurgical analysis
A mace head with a socket was incidentally discovered in 2020 in the locality of Surowica in the Podkarpackien Voivodeship. On the basis of analogies, it can be dated to the 14th century. These analogies also indicated that the artefact was in all probability manufactured in the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary. Metallurgical analyses demonstrated that the mace head was cast of copper with natural admixtures by using the lost wax method. Regre…
How were medieval mace heads cast? Side note to technological analyses of find from Niebieszczany in south-eastern Poland
Castrum Lubenov: Calamity of the Tower Castle in Lubrza
Due to illegal construction works in 2016, the late medieval motte-and-bailey castle in Lubrza was significantly damaged. The immediately undertaken rescue excavations paradoxically led to better understanding of the complex based on the obtained archaeological evidence as well as written sources, architectural studies, and remote sensing data. Detailed analysis of the artefacts has made it possible to establish the basic occupations of the inhab…
Responses to Low- and High-Intensity Exercise in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes in Relation to Their Level of VO2 Max
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of maximal oxygen uptake (VO 2 max) on the glycemic changes during low and high intensity exercises in young type 1 diabetic patients. Twenty boys (age: 14.3 ± 1.6 years; height: 171.0 ± 11.3 cm; weight; 59.5 ± 12.8 kg) were divided into low-fit group (LFG, n = 10) and high-fit group (HFG, n = 10). According to the experimental design, participants performed three physical efforts (VO 2 m…
Diabetes Related Distress in Children with Type 1 Diabetes before and during the Covid-19 Lockdown in Spring 2020
Our aim was to compere diabetes-related distress (DD) in young patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and in their parents before and during the national COVID-19-related lockdown when schools operated on-line. Problems Areas in Diabetes-Child (PAID-Ch), Teen (PAID-T) and Parent (P-PAID-Ch, P-PAID-T) questionnaires in paper version were used to evaluate DD before COVID-19 pandemic (November 2019-February 2020) and during the lockdown (Apri…
Kampfschwert für Harnischfechten: Miecz z pogranicza Nowej Marchii i Ziemi Torzymskiej
Uzbrojenie średniowiecznych Nowej Marchii i Ziemi Torzymskiej dalekie są od należytego rozpoznania. Niepublikowany dotąd miecz późnośredniowieczny odkryty przypadkowo w latach 70. XX w. gdzieś w okolicach Słubic (dziś zbiory prywatne), pozwala naszą wiedzę na ten temat znacznie rozwinąć. Miecz przetrwał do naszych czasów w dość dobrym stanie. Znaczna długość i smukłość głowni z granią, pozwala sklasyfikować go jako typ XVIIIb, 12 (12a), T3 wg Oak…
The Power of Apotropaion. Not only about ancient reminiscences in medieval weaponry from Polish lands
Shield surfaces have been decorated since ancient times. The motif often repeated in their decorations were images of evil eyes, monsters, mythical animals (signa horribilia). Depiction from the shield increased apotropeically, the protective properties of the shield. A popular face motif also appearing on the shields at that time was also the emblem of the lions, or figures with stylized animal ears, evoking an association with the figure of a m…
Between the Age of Heroes and the Period of Professional Troops. Evidence from the Borderland of Silesia, Brandenburg, Lusatia and Poland
The revolutionary changes that took place at the end of the Middle Ages, related to the rapid development of firearms, forced the transformation of military equipment used by "servants of war". The process of "infantry revolution" in Western Europe which is commonly believed to have begun c. 1300 onwards, was related with the emergence of properly trained and organised infantry formations, armed mostly with polearms. 1 The success of professional…
Terra incognita? Nie tylko o wytwórstwie broni na pograniczu Śląska, Wielkopolski, Brandenburgii i Łużyc w późnym średniowieczu
During the Middle Ages arms and armour were considered luxury products. They were not used every day and not by everyone. Nonetheless, the circle of their buyers was relatively wide, making their prices extremely diversified. On the other hand, as weaponry was bought every several years, the demand was limited. It resulted in a relatively small number of workshops in which weapons were produced. Besides specialised production sites located in tow…
A sword scabbard chape with a depiction of a bird of prey from the surroundings of Kostrzyn
In 2016, an Early Medieval sword scabbard chape was handed over to the Museum of Kostrzyn Fortress. According to the person submitting it, it was found about 5-6 years earlier in the northern part of Kostrzyn nad Odrą. The main decorative motif of the openwork field is a heraldically arranged bird. The closest analogies to the chape in question are dated to the second half of the 10th and 11th century. Artefacts of this type could have been produ…
In the world of medieval symbols. Depiction of a shield from the fresco of St. Martin’s Church in Wichów
Już co najmniej od XIX w. w badaniach nad uzbrojeniem wykorzystywane są źródła ikonograficzne. Dzieła sztuki pozwalają nam również wniknąć w świat nieoświetlony zazwyczaj przez źródła materialne: mentalności, wiary, przesądów. Z ilustracją takiej sytuacji mamy prawdopodobnie do czynienia również w wypadku fresków w kościele p.w. św. Marcina w podżagańskim Wichowie. Malowidła z Wichowa mogły powstać na podstawie malarstwa tablicowego, lub pewniej …
Bodziec Ostrogi Z Lub Niewic. Słowiańska Kul Tura Elitarna W Za Chodniej Części Państwa Piastów
This paper focuses on a copper-alloy goad discovered in 2017 in Lubniewice in Lubuskie Voivodeship, Poland. An interdisciplinary analysis has shown that the goad was originally part ofa lavishly decorated copper-alloy spur representing a type known from high-status West Slavic graves (e.g. Lutomiersk, Ciepłe) and settlement sites. Because objects of this kind are made of costly material, and because expert skills were required to produce them, it…
How were medieval mace heads cast? Side note to technological analyses of find from Niebieszczany in south-eastern Poland
Terra incognita? Nie tylko o wytwórstwie broni na pograniczu Śląska, Wielkopolski, Brandenburgii i Łużyc w późnym średniowieczu
During the Middle Ages arms and armour were considered luxury products. They were not used every day and not by everyone. Nonetheless, the circle of their buyers was relatively wide, making their prices extremely diversified. On the other hand, as weaponry was bought every several years, the demand was limited. It resulted in a relatively small number of workshops in which weapons were produced. Besides specialised production sites located in tow…
Bodziec Ostrogi Z Lub Niewic. Słowiańska Kul Tura Elitarna W Za Chodniej Części Państwa Piastów
This paper focuses on a copper-alloy goad discovered in 2017 in Lubniewice in Lubuskie Voivodeship, Poland. An interdisciplinary analysis has shown that the goad was originally part ofa lavishly decorated copper-alloy spur representing a type known from high-status West Slavic graves (e.g. Lutomiersk, Ciepłe) and settlement sites. Because objects of this kind are made of costly material, and because expert skills were required to produce them, it…
In the world of medieval symbols. Depiction of a shield from the fresco of St. Martin’s Church in Wichów
Już co najmniej od XIX w. w badaniach nad uzbrojeniem wykorzystywane są źródła ikonograficzne. Dzieła sztuki pozwalają nam również wniknąć w świat nieoświetlony zazwyczaj przez źródła materialne: mentalności, wiary, przesądów. Z ilustracją takiej sytuacji mamy prawdopodobnie do czynienia również w wypadku fresków w kościele p.w. św. Marcina w podżagańskim Wichowie. Malowidła z Wichowa mogły powstać na podstawie malarstwa tablicowego, lub pewniej …
A sword scabbard chape with a depiction of a bird of prey from the surroundings of Kostrzyn
In 2016, an Early Medieval sword scabbard chape was handed over to the Museum of Kostrzyn Fortress. According to the person submitting it, it was found about 5-6 years earlier in the northern part of Kostrzyn nad Odrą. The main decorative motif of the openwork field is a heraldically arranged bird. The closest analogies to the chape in question are dated to the second half of the 10th and 11th century. Artefacts of this type could have been produ…
The Power of Apotropaion. Not only about ancient reminiscences in medieval weaponry from Polish lands
Shield surfaces have been decorated since ancient times. The motif often repeated in their decorations were images of evil eyes, monsters, mythical animals (signa horribilia). Depiction from the shield increased apotropeically, the protective properties of the shield. A popular face motif also appearing on the shields at that time was also the emblem of the lions, or figures with stylized animal ears, evoking an association with the figure of a m…
Between the Age of Heroes and the Period of Professional Troops. Evidence from the Borderland of Silesia, Brandenburg, Lusatia and Poland
The revolutionary changes that took place at the end of the Middle Ages, related to the rapid development of firearms, forced the transformation of military equipment used by "servants of war". The process of "infantry revolution" in Western Europe which is commonly believed to have begun c. 1300 onwards, was related with the emergence of properly trained and organised infantry formations, armed mostly with polearms. 1 The success of professional…
Terra incognita? Nie tylko o wytwórstwie broni na pograniczu Śląska, Wielkopolski, Brandenburgii i Łużyc w późnym średniowieczu
During the Middle Ages arms and armour were considered luxury products. They were not used every day and not by everyone. Nonetheless, the circle of their buyers was relatively wide, making their prices extremely diversified. On the other hand, as weaponry was bought every several years, the demand was limited. It resulted in a relatively small number of workshops in which weapons were produced. Besides specialised production sites located in tow…
Responses to Low- and High-Intensity Exercise in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes in Relation to Their Level of VO2 Max
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of maximal oxygen uptake (VO 2 max) on the glycemic changes during low and high intensity exercises in young type 1 diabetic patients. Twenty boys (age: 14.3 ± 1.6 years; height: 171.0 ± 11.3 cm; weight; 59.5 ± 12.8 kg) were divided into low-fit group (LFG, n = 10) and high-fit group (HFG, n = 10). According to the experimental design, participants performed three physical efforts (VO 2 m…
Diabetes Related Distress in Children with Type 1 Diabetes before and during the Covid-19 Lockdown in Spring 2020
Our aim was to compere diabetes-related distress (DD) in young patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and in their parents before and during the national COVID-19-related lockdown when schools operated on-line. Problems Areas in Diabetes-Child (PAID-Ch), Teen (PAID-T) and Parent (P-PAID-Ch, P-PAID-T) questionnaires in paper version were used to evaluate DD before COVID-19 pandemic (November 2019-February 2020) and during the lockdown (Apri…
Kampfschwert für Harnischfechten: Miecz z pogranicza Nowej Marchii i Ziemi Torzymskiej
Uzbrojenie średniowiecznych Nowej Marchii i Ziemi Torzymskiej dalekie są od należytego rozpoznania. Niepublikowany dotąd miecz późnośredniowieczny odkryty przypadkowo w latach 70. XX w. gdzieś w okolicach Słubic (dziś zbiory prywatne), pozwala naszą wiedzę na ten temat znacznie rozwinąć. Miecz przetrwał do naszych czasów w dość dobrym stanie. Znaczna długość i smukłość głowni z granią, pozwala sklasyfikować go jako typ XVIIIb, 12 (12a), T3 wg Oak…
Castrum Lubenov: Calamity of the Tower Castle in Lubrza
Due to illegal construction works in 2016, the late medieval motte-and-bailey castle in Lubrza was significantly damaged. The immediately undertaken rescue excavations paradoxically led to better understanding of the complex based on the obtained archaeological evidence as well as written sources, architectural studies, and remote sensing data. Detailed analysis of the artefacts has made it possible to establish the basic occupations of the inhab…
Comparison of Metabolic Control in Children and Adolescents Treated with Insulin Pumps
Any integration between the insulin pump and CGM was associated with better glycemic control. More advanced technologies and artificial intelligence in diabetes help patients maintain better glycemia by eliminating various factors affecting postprandial glycemia
Wind from the South? Mace head from Surowica in the light of formal and metallurgical analysis
A mace head with a socket was incidentally discovered in 2020 in the locality of Surowica in the Podkarpackien Voivodeship. On the basis of analogies, it can be dated to the 14th century. These analogies also indicated that the artefact was in all probability manufactured in the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary. Metallurgical analyses demonstrated that the mace head was cast of copper with natural admixtures by using the lost wax method. Regre…
How were medieval mace heads cast? Side note to technological analyses of find from Niebieszczany in south-eastern Poland
“…Biau sire saint Jacque, que j’ai requis, aidiés moy et secourrez à ce besoing”. A medieval equestrian equipment with the emblem of Saint James the major from Western Poland and its European signific…
This paper provides the analysis of equestrian equipment excavated from two castles and a town, Lubrza and Międzyrzecz, located in Lubuskie Voivodship in western Poland. It contains a stratigraphic context assessment and a description of the four artifacts. The second part of this work establishes the chronology of the artifacts using comparative analysis with similar items recovered in various parts of Europe. Cultural contextualization of the f…
Lost and Found. The Residence of Nostitz Family in Chotków, Lower Silesia
The archaeological research conducted in Chotków, Lower Silesia focused on verifying the existence and character of a presumed defensive-residential site associated with the von Nostitz family. Archival studies indicate that from the 14th to the 16th centuries, Chotków hosted multiple stone residential towers with defensive features, though their precise locations had remained unverified until recently. Remote sensing and geophysical surveys, com…
Jiří Hošek, Jiří Košta, Petr Žákovský, Ninth to Mid-Sixteenth Century Swords From The Czech Republic in Their European Context. Part II, Swords of Medieval and Early Renaissance Europe as a Technologi…
Recenzja
Petr Žákovský, Patrick Bárta, Jiří Hošek, Středověké meče v českých zemích. Meč jako technologický, kulturněhistorický a archeologický fenomé
Recenzja
Investigating the Provenance and Manufacturing Technology of Medieval Mace Heads from Poland
A mace is a butt weapon that is composed of a metal head that is mounted on a wooden haft. The paper deals with the origins of medieval mace heads that were discovered in Polish lands; these have been a subject of debate since they were first discovered there. In previous research, only form and decoration were used to determine the provenance of these artefacts. A technological analysis (ED-XRF, SEM) and provenance analysis of the raw material u…
Historical and Archaeological Studies (11 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (9 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Art (6 works) · Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland (5 works) · History (5 works) · Medieval European History and Architecture (5 works) · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Medicine (4 works)