Contribution to the descent affairs of Marcin Siennik Cover Image

Przyczynek do sprawy narodowości Marcina Siennika
Contribution to the descent affairs of Marcin Siennik

Author(s): Zbigniew Bela
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Oral history, Modern Age, 16th Century, 17th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Marcin Siennik; mysteries; secrets; nationality; Protestant; Catholic; Sebastian Śleszkowski;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to supplement the knowledge of the German origin of Marcin Siennik by, among many other things, the information concerning his Protestant denomination, which influenced the way in which some fragments of the originally Italian The Secrects of the Reverend Maister Alexis of Piemont (Venice, 1555) were translated into Polish, and at the same time to present the views and doings of Sebastian Śleszkowski, the publisher of the second edition of the Polish translation of The Secrets (Kraków, 1620)

  • Issue Year: 60/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 143-154
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish