DIE EHRLOSIGKEIT DER VALOIS-KÖNIGE UND DIE WÜRDE POLEN-LITAUENS. EINE APOLOGIE DES POLNISCHEN ADELS IN EINER SCHMÄHSCHRIFT VON 1574. (German)

The study is dedicated to a single propagandistic poem, which comments on the premature demise of the reign of Henry of Valois in Poland. The pamphlet De obitu Caroli IX, Galliarum regis, et de Henrico, Polonorum rege is composed in Latin and probably originated during the fall of 1574 in the Kingdom of Poland. It was preserved in the trust of the former Rosenberger family archive. That means that transcripts of the text were distributed during the time when it was written. The poem is a cutting polemic reflecting the widespread view that conditions in the Kingdom of Poland presented numerous reasons for Henry of Valois's hasty flight during the night of 18-19 June 1574. The author of the poem justified the Polish nobility by making sharp accusations against the French ruling dynasty. In the process, he makes surprising revelations about the contemporary history of France, while demonstrating the ability to exploit this a highly creative polemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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