Uwolnić alchemika: zabiegi Zygmunta III na dworze cesarskim o wypuszczenie z więzienia w Pradze Michała Sędziwoja. Nowe źródła

• Authors: Ryszard Skowron

Title variants

EN

Free the Alchemist: Efforts of Sigismund Iii at the Imperial Court to Free Michał Sędziwój (Michael Sendivogius) From Prague Prison. New Sources

Abstracts

EN

The article presents the efforts of Sigismund III Vasa at the imperial court to free the eminent Polish alchemist Michał Sędziwój (Michael Sendivogius) from Prague prison. The analyzed correspondence and instructions for emissaries depict diversified mechanisms of king’s action in this matter. The collected sources allow also for a verification of research findings to date concerning some important fact from the alchemist’s life, such as the period of his imprisonment in Prague, of his service as a diplomat, as well as his ennoblement and bestowment of the office of king’s secretary. The articles concludes with an edition of discussed sources.

Keywords

EN

Sigismund III; Michał Sędziwój / Michael Sendivogius; Rudolf II; alchemy; modern diplomacy

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Wrocławski. Wydział Nauk Historycznych i Pedagogicznych. Instytut Historyczny
• Journal: Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 74
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 101-112

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Ryszard Skowron

• Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

• https://orcid.org/0000000191312832

Identifiers

DOI

10.34616/SKHS.2019.1.101.112

Biblioteka Nauki

2185183