No way, do not leave, I write to you not have” – a personal correspondence of Lviv City Secretary Wojciech Zimnicki in the years 1618–1639 Cover Image

„Żadnej okazji nie opuszczę, abym do Was pisać nie miał” – korespondencja prywatna pisarza miejskiego lwowskiego Wojciecha Zimnickiego z lat 1618–1639
No way, do not leave, I write to you not have” – a personal correspondence of Lviv City Secretary Wojciech Zimnicki in the years 1618–1639

Author(s): Bohdana Petryshak
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, 17th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: Wojciech Zimnicki; 1618–1639;

Summary/Abstract: The article shows a role of a correspondence in prosopographical research of the life of Lviv city clerk in the 1st half of 17th century, Wojciech Zimnicki. A main direction of research is a closer definition of biographical facts, secretaries work, as well as Wojciech Zimnicki’s private life. On a basis of this kind of sources it is possible to picture an image of an official of those times: a city clerk, a head of secretariat, bourgeois and a member of judicial board, and also a father and a husband.

  • Issue Year: 23/2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 177-186
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish