Stanisław Sarnicki (

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: Ślepowron) (1532–1597) was a Polish

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and

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. He lived his life in Mokrelipie, dying there in 1597.Norman Davies "Heart of Europe.A Short History of Poland", 1984 Oxford University Press.

Personal background

During voyages to Europe, Sarnicki was listener of

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and teaching of

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Published works

* Sarnicki, Stanisław ''Roczniki, czyli o pochodzeniu i sprawach Polaków i Litwinów Ksiąg VIII'' (''Annales, sive de origine et rebus gestis Polonorum et Lithuanorum libri VIII'') 1587
Sarnicki, Stanisław. ''O początku i o dawnych królach narodu Wandalów to iest Polaków''

Sarnicki, Stanisław. ''Stanislai Sarnicii Annales sive de origine et rebus gestis Polonorum et Lithuanorum libri octo'' Cracoviae, 1587
* Sarnicki, Stanisław. ''Statuta i metryka przywilejów koronnych'', Kraków 1594

References

16th-century Polish historians 16th-century Polish male writers Polish male non-fiction writers Polish nobility Polish male writers Polish Calvinist and Reformed Christians 1532 births 1597 deaths {{Poland-historian-stub