BOL JÁNOŠÍK VÄZNENÝ V KAŠTIELI VRANOVO?
WAS JÁNOŠÍK IMPRISONED IN THE VRANOVO MANOR HOUSE?

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the proposed text was to analyse the decades-long accepted information about the imprisonment of the robber Juraj Jánošík in the Vranovo manor house in Palúdzka (now part of the town Liptovský Mikuláš). The Slovak romantic poet Samo Chalupka was the first to put forward this theory, which was a story told in his family for generations. However, the court practice in the Liptov county, as well as in the town of Svätý Mikuláš shows that the possibility of imprisoning a robber in Vranovo is improbable. The county courts had been held in the town for years before, so the county had to have a background here. In addition, the town prison has been documented in Svätý Mikuláš since the end of the 17th century, The county could also use it, and in the later period we have proof of this.

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