List Wawrzyńca Tariego, stolnika królowej Barbary Cylejskiej, do marszałka Królestwa Polskiego Zbigniewa z Brzezia z 13 VII 1413 roku
A letter of Laurentius Tari, dapifer of Queen Barbara of Cilli, to Zbigniew of Brzezie, marshal of the Kingdom of Poland, dated 13 July 1413

Summary/Abstract: The letter published here (from the collection of the Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussisches Kulturbesitz in Berlinie-Dahlem OBA nr 29049a) is one of very few surviving examples of correspondence of Central-European elites of the 15th century. Laurentius Tari (d. 1426) was a close advisor of Sigismund of Luxemburg as the king of Hungary. The letter was written in Udine, in the Italian Friuli, shortly after the armistice of Castaletto, between Hungary and Venice. Laurentius recommended to Zbigniew the services of one Nicolaus called Altamont. The letter most probably did not reach its addressee because of the Teutonic Knights’ attack on the Land of Dobrzyń, of which Zbigniew was the starost at the time. That is why it found its way to the Teutonic Order’s archives.

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