TY - JOUR
TI - Entertainments of Padua’s Polish community: Hieronim Morsztyn’s poetic letters from 1617/18 as a source for the history of customs
AU - Grześkowiak, Radosław
TI - Entertainments of Padua’s Polish community: Hieronim Morsztyn’s poetic letters from 1617/18 as a source for the history of customs
AB - 
	This article is devoted to a collection of poetic letters written by Hieronim Morsztyn in Padua in late 1617 and early 1618. Their collegial tone and lack of self-censorship made them a unique source of the everyday life of Padua’s Polish community. Mentions of numerous libations, love affairs with virgos and married women, the use of courtesans and, finally, the pregnancy of one of them, all add up to a colourful picture of the social life of students and travellers visiting Padua and nearby Venice. Even the two letters concerning attendance at a public autopsy, which was carried out at the Pallazo del Bo by anatomy professor Adriaan van den Spieghel between 25 January and 19 February 1618, are focusing on an account of the dissection of male and female genitalia.
VL - Volume 23 (2023)
IS - Special Issue 3
PY - 2023
SN - 1732-8705
C1 - 2084-3917
SP - 379
EP - 389
DO - 10.4467/20843917RC.23.040.18880
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/romanica-cracoviensia/article/sollazzi-degli-studenti-polacchi-a-padova-lettere-poetiche-di-hieronim-morsztyn-a-cavallo-fra-lanno-1617-e-1618-come-fonte-della-storia-dei-costumi
KW - Customs of Students in the 17th Century
KW - Poles in Padua
KW - Hieronim Morsztyn