Konsystorz księstwa cieszyńskiego czasów Reformacji w świetle listu dobrego urodzenia Jana Pragenusa z 1622 roku
Consistory of Duchy of Cieszyn in Times of the Reformation within the Context of a Letter of Good Birth of Jan Pragenus of 1622

Summary/Abstract: The theme of this article is the analysis and edition of a Letter of Good Birth (legitimization certificate) issued by Dean Tymoteusz Łowczany and Lutheran Consistory of the Duchy of Cieszyn. The Certificate confirms that Jan Pragenus was legitimate child, born in wedlock of Jerzy and Małgorzata The Letter of Good Birth of Jan Pragenus is undeniably very precious because ofits selection of facts. This is the unique document, known today, drawn up bythe Consistory that is, at the same time, evidence of a two-level organizationalstructure of the Lutheran Church in the Duchy of Cieszyn in times of theReformation. Even when biographic details of Jan Pragenus have not broughtnew findings, the very novelty is a well preserved seal the matrix of which wasmade in the beginnings of the XVII century.

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