Life Jan Długosz

jan długosz

jan długosz best known annales seu cronici incliti regni poloniae (annals or chronicles of famous kingdom of poland), covering events in southeastern europe, in western europe, 965 1480, year died. work first printed in 1701-1703. whenever bothers mention himself in book, writes of himself in third person. belonged wieniawa coat-of-arms.

długosz canon @ kraków, educated in university of krakow. sent king casimir iv jagiellon of poland on diplomatic missions papal , imperial courts, , involved in king s negotiations teutonic knights during thirteen years war (1454–66) , @ peace negotiations.

in 1434, długosz s uncle, first pastor @ klobuck, appointed him take on position canon of st. martin church @ klobuck. town in opole territory of silesia, had been conquered władysław ii jagiełło. długosz stayed until 1452 , while there, founded canonical monastery.

in 1450, długosz sent queen sophia of halshany , king casimir conduct peace negotiations between john hunyadi , bohemian noble jan jiskra of brandýs, , after 6 days of talks convinced them sign truce.

in 1455 in kraków, fire spread destroyed of city , castle, spared długosz s house.

in 1461 polish delegation included długosz met emissaries of george of podebrady in bytom, silesia. after 6 days of talks, concluded alliance between 2 factions. in 1466 długosz sent legate of wrocław, in order attempt obtain assurance legate not biased in favor of teutonic knights. successful, , in 1467 entrusted tutoring king s son.

długosz declined offer of archbishopric of prague, shortly before death nominated archbishop of lwów. nomination confirmed pope sixtus iv on 2 june 1480, 2 weeks after death.

his work banderia prutenorum of 1448 description of 1410 battle of grunwald, took place between villages of grunwald , stębark.

at point in life długosz loosely translated wigand of marburg s chronica nova prutenica middle high german latin, many mistakes , mixup of names , places.