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    Maciej Miechowita (also known as Maciej z Miechowa, Maciej of Miechów, Maciej Karpiga, Matthias de Miechow; 1457 – 8 September 1523) was a Polish Renaissance...
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  • Łubieński (1572–1652), primate of Poland and archbishop of Gniezno Maciej Miechowita (1457–1523), Polish renaissance scholar, professor of Jagiellonian...
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    (Latin: Leli, Poleli) are Polish divine twins, first mentioned by Maciej Miechowita in the 16th century where he presents them as equivalents of Castor...
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    Mountains in the first half of the sixteenth century. Some, like Maciej Miechowita and Paolo Giovio, argued that the mountains were non-existent. Others...
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    was a region of the Eurasian steppe inhabited by the Sarmatians. Maciej Miechowita (1457–1523) used "Sarmatia" for the Black Sea region and further divided...
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  • and archeologist; President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Maciej Miechowita Lidia Milka-Wieczorkiewicz Karol Modzelewski Stephen Mizwa Teodor...
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    history and geography written in Latin by a Polish renaissance scholar Maciej Miechowita, a professor of Jagiellonian University, historian, geographer, astrologer...
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    Maciej Miechowita, Marcin Kromer, Alexander Guagnini, Maciej Stryjkowski, Marcin and Joachim Bielski, and the priest Jakub Wujek. Maciej Miechowita,...
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    Stanisław Orzechowski, Marcin Bielski, Marcin Kromer, and Maciej Miechowita. Miechowita's Tractatus de Duabus Sarmatiis became influential abroad, where...
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    Russian ethnonym for the Hungarians, was noted by scholars such as Maciej Miechowita. The modern name of the Ugric language family, which includes Khanty...
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  • Depiction of the legendary ruler Lech in Chronica Polonorum by chronicler Maciej Miechowita (Matthias de Miechow)...
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  • Poland (1377-1386), by Jan of Czarnków Chronica Polonorum (1519), by Maciej Miechowita Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum Kronika Polska (disambiguation) (Polish...
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  • Constance Albert Brudzewski (1445–1497), astronomer and mathematician Maciej Miechowita (1457–1523), historian, chronicler, geographer, medic Marcin Szlachciński...
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  • Khors. Lel and Polel – alleged Polish divine twins first mentioned by Maciej Miechowita as counterparts of Castor and Pollux. *Ljutobog – hypothetical name...
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    Middelburg (1446–1534) – Bishop who wrote on the reform of the calendar Maciej Miechowita (1457–1523) – canon who wrote the first accurate geographical and...
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    dukterims"). The Polish deities Lel and Polel, first mentioned by Maciej Miechowita in 1519, are presented as the equivalents of Castor and Pollux, the...
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    researcher. Bernard Wapowski was a pioneer of Polish cartography. Maciej Miechowita, a rector at the Kraków Academy, published in 1517 Tractatus de duabus...
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  • mentioned by Jan Długosz as a god of war, equivalent to Mars, then by Maciej Miechowita recognized as the Polish equivalent of Leda. Lelya [ru] – the goddess...
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    Krakowa 1505–1506 – Maciej Miechowita 1506–1507 – Bernard z Biskupiego (sometimes, z Krakowa) 1507 – Jan z Reguł 1507–1508 – Maciej Miechowita 1508 - Jan z Reguł...
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    researcher. Bernard Wapowski was a pioneer of Polish cartography. Maciej Miechowita, a rector at the Cracow Academy, published in 1517 Tractatus de duabus...
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    after the king's death (it was first mentioned by the chronicler Maciej Miechowita in 1499). His burial place actually remains unknown. Another popular...
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  • information about Dzidzilela was repeated by Maciej Miechowita, Marcin Kromer, Alexander Guagnini, Maciej Stryjkowski, Marcin and Joachim Bielski, and...
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    to remain celibate and sensing his approaching death. According to Maciej Miechowita, Prince Casimir developed tuberculosis. In May 1483, Prince Casimir...
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    was Maciej Miechowita, a professor and rector of the university, author of the Chronica Polonorum, a continuation of Długosz's chronicle. Miechowita lived...
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  • custodian of the royal treasury on Wawel (lat. custos Regni), and also Maciej Miechowita, who promoted Mikołaj's interests in mathematics, astronomy, geography...
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    Roman Emperor, bestowing a crown upon Bolesław at the Congress of Gniezno. An imaginary depiction from Chronica Polonorum by Maciej Miechowita, c. 1521...
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    contradictory, both in its geographical location and in description. Maciej Miechowita in his Tractatus de duabus Sarmatis Europiana et Asiana et de contentis...
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    in spelling. After Długosz, the cult of Nya is also described by Maciej Miechowita. Niya was also mentioned by Marcin Bielski and his son Joachim and...
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    lifetime, John was known to be a notorious womaniser and a dissolute. Maciej Miechowita writes that he "indulged in [sexual] pleasures and desires like a...
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    period include Jan Łaski (John Lasco), evangelical reformer, Maciej of Miechów (Maciej Miechowita), writer and university teacher, Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer...
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