Roland Desmarests’ Aloisiae Gonzagae ad Ladislaum Poloniae Regem sponsum proficiscentis propempticum. A Contribution to the History of Polish‑French Cultural Links in the 17th Century Cover Image

Roland Desmarests’ Aloisiae Gonzagae ad Ladislaum Poloniae Regem sponsum proficiscentis propempticum. A Contribution to the History of Polish‑French Cultural Links in the 17th Century
Roland Desmarests’ Aloisiae Gonzagae ad Ladislaum Poloniae Regem sponsum proficiscentis propempticum. A Contribution to the History of Polish‑French Cultural Links in the 17th Century

Author(s): Wiesław Pawlak
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature
Published by: Associazione Italiana Polonisti (AIP)
Keywords: esmarests Roland; neolatin poetry; Polish-French Cultural Links

Summary/Abstract: Roland Desmarests (1594-1653), a brother of the better-known Jean Desmarests de Saint-Sorlin, placed a Latin poem dedicated to the French princess Marie Louise Gonzaga de Nevers in his Epistolarum Philologicarum Libri Duo (Philological Letters, 1655). The princess (who was the future wife of two Polish kings, Władysław IV Vasa and John II Casimir) was about to leave France for far away and exotic Poland. The aim of the article is to analyze the poem and to publish it.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 22-37
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English