Jan of Czarnków
Jan(ko) of Czarnków (Polish: Jan(ko) z Czarnkowa) (ca. 1320–1387),[1] of Nałęcz coat of arms, was a Polish chronicler, Deputy Chancellor of the Crown and Archdeacon of Gniezno.
He started his career as a diplomat in service of one of Polish bishops and later joined the Royal Chancellery. From 1366 to 1371 he was the Deputy Chancellor. After the death of Casimir III the Great in 1370, Janko supported Casimir IV of Pomerania against Louis I of Hungary. Losing the struggle with Angevin dynasty supporters, he was exiled in 1371, but returned in 1375.
In the years 1377–1386 he wrote a chronicle about the years 1370–1384 and events he witnessed. Some historians consider him the author of the Chronicle of Greater Poland. The chronicle, now devoid of beginning and end, covers the period between 1370 and 1384. It has the characteristics of both a diary and an anti-Angevin political pamphlet.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ Piśmiennictwo Staropolskie. W: Bibliografia Literatury Polskiej – Nowy Korbut. (Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1964), p103.
- ^ ed. F.W. Sommersberg Silesiacarum Rerum Scriptores, vol. 2, Leipzig 1730
- ^ W. Mitzler de Kolof Historiarum Poloniae ... collectio magna, vol. 3, (Warsaw 1776).
- ^ J. Szlachtowski Monumenta Poloniae Historica, vol. 2, 1872, (Polish translation: J. Żerbiłło titled The Chronicle of Janek from Czarnków, Warsaw 1905), manuscripts (9 copies) from the 14th and 15th centuries in libraries in: Krakow, Rome, Wrocław, Wilanów and Królewiec.
- v
- t
- e
- Jan z Buska
- Janko z Czarnkowa
- Klemens Moskarzewski
- Zawisza Kurozwęcki
- Stanisław Kurozwęcki
- Mikołaj Trąba
- Dunin ze Skrzyńska
- Jan Szafraniec
- Stanisław Ciołek
- Władysław Oporowski
- Wincenty Kot
- Grzegorz Lubrański
- Tomasz Strzępiński
- Jan Lutek
- Andrzej Oporowski
- Wojciech Żychliński
- Zbigniew Oleśnicki
- Wincenty Przerębski
- Maciej Drzewicki
- Piotr Tomicki
- Krzysztof Szydłowiecki
- Samuel Maciejowski
- Jan Ocieski
- Jan Przerębski
- Filip Padniewski
- Franciszek Krasiński
- Piotr Myszkowski
- Stanisław Miński
- Piotr Dunin-Wolski
- Jan Zamoyski
- Jan Borukowski
- Jan Tarnowski
- Wojciech Baranowski
- Wawrzyniec Gembicki
- Feliks Kryski
- Henryk Firlej
- Andrzej Lipski
- Stanisław Łubieński
- Jakub Zadzik
- Tomasz Zamoyski
- Piotr Gembicki
- Jerzy Ossoliński
- Andrzej Leszczyński
- Wacław Leszczyński
- Piotr Tylicki
- Hieronim Radziejowski
- Stefan Koryciński
- Andrzej Trzebicki
- Bogusław Leszczyński
- Mikołaj Prażmowski
- Jan Gniński
- Jan Żniński
- Andrzej Olszowski
- Jan Leszczyński
- Jan Stefan Wydżga
- Jan Wielopolski
- Jan Małachowski
- Michał Stefan Radziejowski
- Karol Tarło
- Jan Szembek
- Jan Kazimierz de Alten Bokum
- Jan Lipski
- Jan Małachowski
- Andrzej Stanisław Młodziejowski
- Michał Wodzicki
- Maciej Garnysz
- Jan Jędrzej Borch
- Jacek Małachowski
- Hugo Kołłątaj
- Wojciech Skarszewski
This biography of a Polish noble is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
This biographical article about a Polish religious figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
This article about a Catholic clergyman is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e