Jan Chryzostom Pasek

Jan Chryzostom Pasek at the Battle of Lachowicze 1660, picture by Juliusz Kossak (1824–1899)

Jan Chryzostom Pasek (* around 1636 in Węgrzynowice , † 1701 in Niedzieliszki near Szczurowa ) was a Polish nobleman and writer . His memoirs are a valuable historical source of the Polish Baroque , Sarmatism and the customs of Poland-Lithuania in the 17th century.

Life

Pasek came from a small noble family from Rawa Mazowiecka , attended a Jesuit school and joined the Polish Crown Army at 19 . He served under Hetman Stefan Czarniecki and took part in numerous campaigns against Sweden , Denmark , Russia and Turkey . Towards the end of his life he wrote an autobiographical diary , a copy of which was found in the 18th century and made him famous posthumously .

literature

• Catherine S. Leach (Ed.): Jan Chryzostom Pasek, Memoirs of the Polish Baroque: The Writings of Jan Chryzostom Pasek, a Squire of the Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania , University of California Press, 1980, ISBN 0-520-02752- 3 .
• Maria Swiecicka-Ziemianek (ed.): Jan Chryzostom Pasek, Memoirs of Jan Chryzostom Z Goslawic Pasek , 1979, ISBN 0-917004-15-9 .
• The golden freedom of the Poles. From the memorabilia of Sr. Wellborn of Mr. Jan Chryzostom Pasek (17th century). Selected, translated and explained by Günther Wytrzens. (Slavic historians 6). Graz, Vienna, Cologne 1967.