The death of King Stephen Báthory: historical theories and modern medical knowledge
The death of King Stephen Báthory: historical theories and modern medical knowledge
Author(s): Agnieszka Pawłowska-Kubik, Piotr Paluchowski, Jacek Gulczyński, Adam SzarszewskiSubject(s): Anthropology, Economic history, History of ideas, 16th Century, History of Art
Published by: Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích
Keywords: Stephen Báthory; history of medicine; early modern medicine; modern medicine; king’s death; postmortem examination; autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)
Summary/Abstract: This paper presents issues concerning the illness and death of King Stephen Báthory. The monarch’s demise caused a sharp dispute among the royal physicians and became the subject of many comments and hypotheses posited over the centuries by historians and medical practitioners. The task of the article is to present this discussion to the public and, based on an analysis of the sources, the current state of knowledge, and the results of the latest research, to try to answer the question about the most probable cause of the king’s death.
Journal: Opera Historica
- Issue Year: 25/2024
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 153-170
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English
