Kaspar Schuwenpflug i jego rola w procesach polsko-krzyżackich w pierwszej połowie XV wieku

• Authors: Teresa Borawska

Title variants

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Caspar Schuwenpflug and his role in the Polish-Teutonic trials in the first half of the 15th century

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Caspar Schuwenpflug (died 1423) belonged to the most distinguished Teutonic lawyers along with the general prosecutor in Rome – Peter of Orneta (died 1419). In Schuwenpflug’s diplomatic activity one may distinguish three periods. The first one embraced the years 1411–1414 which he spent in Prussia; the second stage of his activity was connected with his participation in the Council of Constance (1414–1418); the last stage of his activity overlapped with his stay in Italy where he died. He made a carrier thanks to his skills, the support of the bishop of Warmia Henryk Sorbom, and the friendship with Peter of Orneta. In the summer of 1412 he was one of the Teutonic envoys in Buda; he also took part in the Polish-Teutonic talks in Kaunas in 1413 as well as in the trial in Buda in 1414. Nevertheless, he was the most successful in the Council of Constance where he defended the interests of the Teutonic Order. He also represented the Teutonic Order during the talks between Grand Master Michael Küchmeister and King Jagiello in Veliuona in 1418, and in the Polish-Teutonic negotiations in Gniewkowo in 1419. At the court of Pope Martin V he defended the inviolability of the Treaty of Toruń of 1411. At the beginning of 1420 he was appointed bishop of Osel and moved to Livonia. Dissapointed with the poverty of his Church he asked the Pope to allow him to go back to the Roman Curia where he made attempts to take over the bishopric in Warmia. In March 1421 he played a major role in the Polish-Teutonic negotiations (the Roman trial). He continued the uncompromising policy of the Teutonic Order and consistently executed the grand masters’ orders until his death.

Keywords

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the Teutonic Order; Poland; Warmia (Ermland); councils; Teutonic diplomacy; intellectual elite of the Teutonic Order; the Council of Constance

• Publisher: Towarzystwo Naukowe w Toruniu
• Journal: Zapiski Historyczne
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 79
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 7-28

Contributors

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Teresa Borawska

• Instytut Historii i Archiwistyki, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika