2. Historiae Polonicae / 2. Polish Histories

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS iv
3. Preface and Acknowledgements viii
4. Introduction 1
5. Editor’s Note 35
6. Translator’s Note 37
7. TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS
8. 1. Cosmographia Pii Papae in Asiae et Europae eleganti descriptione / 1. The Cosmography of Pope Pius II in an Elegant Description of Europe and Asia 38
9. 2. Historiae Polonicae / 2. Polish Histories 44
10. 3. Vita et mores Sbignei cardinalis / 3. The Life and Manners of Cardinal Zbigniew 62
11. 4. Tractatus de duabus Sarmatiis Asiana et Europeana et de contentis in eis / 4. Treatise on the Two Asian and European Sarmatias and on Those Things Contained in Them 66
12. 5. De Borussiae antiquitatibus libri duo / 5. Two Books on the Antiquities of the Prussians (1518) 74
13. 6. Catechismusa prasty szadei / 6. Simple Words of Catechism (1547) [Pastoral Preface] 80
14. 7. De moribus Tartarorum, Lituanorum et Moschorum / 7. On the Customs of the Tatars, Lithuanians, and Muscovites 86
15. 8. Sarmatiae Europeae descriptio / 8. A Description of Sarmatian Europe 100
16. 9. Libellus de sacrificiis et idolatria veterum Borussorum, Livonum, aliarumque vicinarum gentium / 9. Little Book on the Sacrifices and Idolatry of the Old Prussians, Livonians, and Other Neighbouring Peoples 114
17. 10. De diis Samagitarum caeterorumque Sarmatarum, et falsorum Christianorum / 10. On the Gods of the Samogitians, of the Other Sarmatians, and of the False Christians 130
18. Bibliography 165
19. Lithuanian Summary / Santrauka 171
20. Index 173