Jana Ponętowskiego wierszowana relacja o unii lubelskiej i sejmie 1569 roku

• Authors: Jerzy Kroczak

Title variants

Jana Ponętowskiego wierszowana relacja o unii lubelskiej i sejmie 1569 roku

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The union between Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, a legal act with permanent and historically important effects, was signed in Lublin in 1569. Jan Ponętowski (a nobleman, probably a witness of the events) wrote a poetic report on the event entitled Krótki rzeczy polskich sejmowych pamięci godnych komentarz (Short Commentary on Memorable Polish Parliamentary Matters), printed in Cracow in 1569. The paper touches upon what Ponętowski says about the Union and other events in Lublin during the parliament: diplomatic missions, judgments, topics of talks and news from other lands. It also tries to explain why the Union of Lublin (the most important achievement of the parliament) was only marginally described by the author; and also why he only laconically reported the solemn feudal homage of Albert Frederick,  the Duke of Prussia, to the Polish king Sigismund II Augustus. The paper compares Ponętowski’s book with old-Polish historiographical descriptions of these matters.

Keywords

PL

unia lubelska; sejm walny 1569; Jan Ponętowski; nowiny; historiografia; Maciej Stryjkowski

EN

union of Lublin; parliament of 1569; Jan Ponętowski; news; historiography; Maciej Stryjkowski; union of Lublin; parliament of 1569; Jan Ponętowski; news; historiography; Maciej Stryjkowski

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Rzeszowski. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
• Journal: Tematy i Konteksty
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 185-201

Dates

published

2019-12-16

Contributors

author

Jerzy Kroczak

Identifiers

DOI

10.15584/tik.2019.11