"Kronika za Zygmunta Augusta w Knyszynie zmarłego roku 1572" : zapomniany tekst z dziejów pierwszego bezkrólewia
alternative title:
A Chronicle written during the reign of Sigismund II Augustus who died 1572 in Knyszyn) : a forgotten text from the first Polish-Lithuanian interregnum
author:
Koehler Krzysztof
editor:
Niedźwiedź Jakub
book title:
Literatura renesansowa w Polsce i Europie : studia dedykowane Profesorowi Andrzejowi Borowskiemu
The paper describes the manuscript "Kronika za Zygmunta Augusta w Knyszynie zmarłego
roku 1572" (A Chronicle written during the reign of Sigismund II Augustus who died
1572 in Knyszyn), which is currently being prepared for publication. The author provides
an interpretation of the content of the Chronicle and tries to find the motivation behind
the work along with its ideological message. He also makes initial attempts to establish
the possible author of the text. The Chronicle is presented as a rarely recalled, but still interesting
testimony to the times of the first Interregnum, which reveals much on the mechanics
of the political life of the Commonwealth.
keywords in English:
Interregnum, chronicle, gentry (szlachta), Sigismund II Augustus