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Wierzbięta Z Branic
Wierzbięta or Wirzbięta is a Polish-language name and surname derived as a diminutive of the name Wierzba. '' Histmag'', May 16, 2006 Notable people with this surname include: Notable people with this name or surname include: * Maciej Wirzbięta (alternatively Wierzbięta; (b. 1523 Kraków, d. June 1605) – Polish printer, translator and bookseller * Wierzbięta z Ruszczy, a |
Histmag
Histmag is a Polish web portal dedicated to history. It was founded in 2001. Histmag has published over 5,000 articles, most of which are available online for free. Notable writers included professors Maciej Bernhardt and Artur Kijas. In March 2009 Histmag reported over 100,000 different readers. In 2008 Histmag was visited by 675,000 different people who accessed over 2,500,000 different pages on the portal. The portal is also engaged in various activities aiming to popularize history. In 2009 it sponsored the publication of a book.. Modelling themselves on the efforts of the Canadian writer Yann Martel to fight against the growing indifference of politicians towards literature by sending books to Stephen Harper, in 2011, they began the „Polećmy książki premierowi” (Let's Recommend books for the Prime Minister) in which readers could choose books which would be given to Donald Tusk by Michał Świgon, the erstwhile editor, during a book fair in Warsaw in May of that yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maciej Wirzbięta
Maciej Wirzbięta (alternatively ''Wierzbięta''; (b. 1523 Kraków, d. June 1605) – Polish printer, translator and bookseller based Kraków. He printed the works of Mikołaj Rej, Jan Kochanowski, Łukasz Górnicki, and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, among others. Biography Maciej Wirzbięta was born in 1523 to a Kraków burgher family. He most likely learned the art of printing from Florian Ungler, whose printing office he managed for his wife Helena Ungler after Florian's death in 1536. In 1544 he acquired a house with a printing office near Sławkowska Street and outfitted the office with equipment bought from the widow of the Bernard Wojewodka, printer of the Brest Bible. It's possible that there was a connection between the death in 1554 of Jakub Przyłuski and Wirzbięta establishing his printing office. Wirzbięta converted from Catholicism to Calvinism and subsequently printed predominantly Protestant works. Twice married, he died in June 1605. Works He printed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wierzbięta Z Ruszczy
Wierzbięta or Wirzbięta is a Polish-language name and surname derived as a diminutive of the name Wierzba. '''', May 16, 2006 Notable people with this surname include: Notable people with this name or surname include: * (alternatively Wierzbięta; (b. 1523 Kraków, d. June 1605) – Polish printer, translator and bookseller * Wierzbięta z Ruszczy, a |
List Of Voivodes Of Kraków
The List of voivodes of Kraków includes the positions in both Kraków Land (''ziemia krakówska'') and Krakow Voivodeship * Skarbimir (Skarbek) * Klemens 1123-1168 * Mikołaj Gryfita ?-1202 * Marek z Brzeźnicy 1176-? 1226 * Teodor Gryfita ?-1237 * Włodzimierz of Cracow 1191-1241 * Klement of Ruszcza ?-1256 * Klemens Latoszyński 1213-1265 * Sulisław z Branic 1232-1283 * Piotr Bogoria 1240-1290 * Mikołaj Łagiewnicki 1245-1290 * Wierzbięta z Ruszczy 1246-1324 * Tomisław Mokrski 1276-1326 * Mikołaj Bogoria 1291-1346 * Andrzej 1309-1354 * Mścigniew Czelej 1298-1357 * Imram 1312-1357 * Andrzej Tęczyński 1318-1368 * Dobiesław Kurozwęcki 1306-1397 * Spytko II of Melsztyn 1351-1399 * Jan z Tarnowa przed 1349-1409 * Piotr Kmita 1348-1409 * Jan Tarnowski 1367 -1433 * Piotr Szafraniec ?-1437 * Jan Czyżowski 1373-1459 * Jan z Tęczyna między (1408- 1410) - 1470 * Jan Pilecki 1410-1476 * Dziersław Rytwiański 1414 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krotoszyn
Krotoszyn (, ''Krotoshin'') is a town in west-central Poland with 29,485 inhabitants . It is the seat of Krotoszyn County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Founded in the late medieval period, Krotoszyn prospered as a regional center of trade and crafts located at the intersection of important trade routes. The town features heritage sites in a variety of styles, including Gothic architecture, Gothic, Baroque architecture, Baroque and Neo-Renaissance, a preserved market square and a regional museum. History Krotoszyn was founded by local nobleman , participant of the Battle of Grunwald, and was granted town rights in 1415 by King Władysław II Jagiełło. It was a private town owned by the Krotoski, Niewieski, Rozdrażewski and Potocki families, historically located in the Kalisz Voivodeship (1314–1793), Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Greater Poland Province. After the town suffered a fire in 1453, King Casimir IV of Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
