Krąg rodzinny prymasa Andrzeja Olszowskiego

• Authors: Tomasz Sławiński

Title variants

PL

Krąg rodzinny prymasa Andrzeja Olszowskiego

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

The article contains an analysis of family and genealogical connections of one of the most prominent historical figures of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 17th century – Andrzej Olszowski, Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland – politician, clergyman, writer and intellectual. He was a descendant of a middle-class gentry who settled in the land of Łęczyca, sealing himself with the Wilczekosy (Wolf Scythes) coat of arms, attesting to the origin of Clan Prusy (the medieval refugees from Pruthenia attacked by Theutonic Order). Despite this modest pedegree he had such outstanding figures among his ancestors as Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski – a Renaissance writer and humanist, and his nepoties included the famous brothers Załuscy – bishops, patrons of art and science, the creators of the library, which became the leaven of the polish National Library.

Keywords

EN

genealogy, primate, Andrzej Olszowski

PL

genealogia, prymas, Andrzej Olszowski

• Publisher: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe, Stowarzyszenie
• Journal: Prace Polonistyczne
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 73
• Pages: 25-40

Dates

published

2019-04-28

Contributors

author

Tomasz Sławiński

Identifiers

DOI

10.26485/PP/2018/73/2