Published: 2022-10-03

Studies of Mikołaj and Franciszek Daniłowicz in Dillingen - a contribution to the history of educational trips of the youth of the gentry in the 17th century

Dorota Żołądź-Strzelczyk
Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings
Section: Rozprawy i Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2022.29.1.12

Abstract

In the Dillingen academy records there are two letters written in 1623 recommending to the rector's care Nicholas and Francis, sons of Mikołaj Daniłowicz. The author of the first is the boys' father, the second is a Jesuit, Mikołaj Łęczycki. They became the basis for reflections on the foreign education of the gentry, specifically the education of the Daniłowicz family. The family reached its peak of importance in the second half of the 16th and first half of the 17th centuries, when they belonged to the elite of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Daniłowiczs completed their education outside the borders of the Commonwealth. Because of their religion, they chose Jesuit centres - Ingolstadt, Dillingen, Louvain; they also travelled to Italy. The letters contain requests to the rector to take care of the young men and instructions on what they should learn and how to deal with them. Translations of the letters are included at the end.

Keywords:

education of the gentry, Old Polish period, trips abroad, university in Dillingen

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Żołądź-Strzelczyk, D. (2022). Studies of Mikołaj and Franciszek Daniłowicz in Dillingen - a contribution to the history of educational trips of the youth of the gentry in the 17th century. Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings, 29(1), 153–165. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2022.29.1.12

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