The prince as a Jesuit, the king as an abbot. The “monastic” theme in the iconography of John II Casimir

The young Casimir Vasa was brought up at the court of his father, Sigismund III Vasa, in the atmosphere of great devotion, which made him enter the order of Jesuits. Even though he decided to leave the monastery and to take the Polish crown, he came back to the life of a monk after his abdication. T...

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Main Author: Agnieszka Skrodzka
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow 2016-12-01
Series:Folia Historica Cracoviensia
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Online Access:http://czasopisma.upjp2.edu.pl/foliahistoricacracoviensia/article/view/2089/2034