Kiedy poglądy religijne stają się nieważne: medycy protestantów Mikołaja Radziwiłła „Czarnego” (1515–1565) i Radziwiłłów na Birżach i Dubinkach
When Religious Views Become Irrelevant. The Physicians of the Protestants – Mikołaj the Black Radziwiłł (1515–1565) and the Biržai-Dubingiai Lineof the Radziwiłł Family

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the group of physicians, who served as family doctors of the most promi-nent protestants of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Prince of Olyka and Nesvizh, Voivode of Vilnius Mikołaj the Black Radziwiłł, and the Biržai-Dubingiai line of the Radziwiłł family. All physicians treating the members of the Protestant Radziwiłł family were professionals of the highest caliber. Th e article concludes that both the tradition of employing professional physicians, the system of protection, and especially the family model (a considerable number of mixed marriages in terms of religion) had a great impact on the selection of the Protestant physicians of the Radziwiłłs.

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