A Career of the Seventeenth-Century Evangelical Nobleman Jan Kunowski Cover Image

Kariera siedemnastowiecznego ewangelickiego szlachcica Jana Kunowskiego
A Career of the Seventeenth-Century Evangelical Nobleman Jan Kunowski

Author(s): Karol Łopatecki
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Oral history, Modern Age, 17th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Jan Kunowski; clientelism; Chernihiv; military history of the 17th century; noble career; director of the Lithuanian Unity; mercenaries

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the life of nobleman Jan Kunowski, a three times director of the Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Provincial Synod in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. There are various forms of his activity described – as a poet, condotierre, cartographer, diplomat, official, royal secretary, and landowner. His career was not as successful as it had been indicated by both his intellectual potential and patronage of his patron Aleksander Gosiewski. The study explains why he changed his place of residence four times, and every time he abandoned either his post or profession performed.

  • Issue Year: 62/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 47-89
  • Page Count: 43
  • Language: Polish