Polish Echoes of St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
Polish Echoes of St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
Author(s): Janusz TazbirContributor(s): Aneta Dylewska (Translator), Elżbieta Petrajtis (Translator)
Subject(s): Cultural history, Oral history, Modern Age, 16th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre;
Summary/Abstract: In the Polish written works of the seventeenth century we find quite opposite opinions on St. Bartholomew’s Day; on the one hand, the Paris massacre was approved in words which in the Poland of “golden age” no one would dare to utter, and on the other, the praises of tolerance, quite frequent in the period of Enlightenment, often contain condemnation of the massacre. It suffices to recall the opinion of Dymitr Michał Krajewski, who in 1784 wrote proudly: “it is nice to read the history of our nation. It is the history of the most peaceful nation in the world. There is no St. Bartholomew’s massacre, Sicilian Vespers, or subduing America”.
Journal: Odrodzenie i Reformacja w Polsce
- Issue Year: 61/2017
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 41-65
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English