Jakub Niemojewski and his biography of Jan Hus, that is, about the transformation  of the polemical text into a historiographic text Cover Image

Jakub Niemojewski i jego biografia Jana Husa, czyli o przekształcaniu się tekstu polemicznego w historiograficzny
Jakub Niemojewski and his biography of Jan Hus, that is, about the transformation of the polemical text into a historiographic text

Author(s): Michał Hanczakowski
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Czech Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: 16th century; religious polemics; reformation; Jakub Niemojewski; Jan Hus

Summary/Abstract: In this paper I focus on Jakub Niemojewski’s book Odpowiedź na książki… które pisał przeciwko Conffesiej bracie naszej krześciańskiej… Przy tym odpowiedź na historią kacerzstwa Hussowego, którego ten pobożny człowiek nigdy nie by winien in which Niemojewski tries to present Jan Hus biography in context of early modern confessional discusses between Catholics and Protestants. Niemojewski’s book is one of the first attempts to construct Protestant historiography in Polish language, yet it remains a typical example of humanistic historic writing at same time typical. It leads to conclusion that Niemojewski is interesting but almost completely forgotten author, who played important role in Polish Reformation.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 412-426
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish