Jan Długosz's Vita Kunegundis as a Source for His Religiosity.
The hagiographical works of the Kraków Cathedral Canon Jan Długosz (1415–1480) have received modest attention from scholars as examples of his literary style or mentality and his treatment of topics such as the model of Church-State relations. Nonetheless, compared to his monumental Annales and many...
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University of Illinois Press
2024
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