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DOI:10.24917/9788380849723.2
PIOTRBIRECKI
NicolausCopernicusUniversity
ORCID:0000-0002-0755-137X
Artasanimportanttoolforshaping
andcourtcultureinKönigsberg,
AlbrechtHohenzollern’spolicy
thecapitalofDucalPrussia
Keywords:courtofAlbrechtHohenzollern,DucalPrussia,art,architecture,
paintings,artsandcrafts,reformation
1525wasasignificantyearwhenafewpoliticaleventsshouldbetaken
intoconsideration.InFebruary,theHabsburgarmydefeatedtheFrench
inPavia.InMay,peasantinsurgentsweredefeatedinbattleinFrank-
enhausen.InOctober,thepeasantuprisinginSambiacametoanend.
Inthesamemonth,MartinLutherleadasermoninWittenberg,for
thefirsttimeintheGermanlanguage.InthePolishkingdom,onthe
8thofApril,KingSigismundItheOldandAlbrecht,DukeofPrussia,
signedtheTreatyofKrakow.Twodayslater,thePolishkingaccepted
thepublichomagefromAlbert(theeventtookplaceinKrakow’sTown
Square),whichendedthewarwiththeTeutonicOrder.Thevassalwas
givenawhitebannerwithablackeagle,whichwaspreparedbypainter
StanislawSamostrzelnik.Theeagle’sbustwaspierced(probably)golden
withtheletter“S”(whichstandsfor“Sigismundus”).Thisactstarted
acompletelynewbothpoliticalandprivatechapterinhislife.1
Sincethatevent,theintenseprocessoftransformingthecourtofthe
formerGrandMasteroftheTeutonicOrderintoamodern,secular
princelycourtstartedoficially.Architecture,painting,sculpture,and
othercraftswereusedintheprocesstocreateafresh,secularimage
ofaEuropeanruler.Fromtheoutset,creatingthisimagewasbased
1BibliotekaUniwersytetuMikołajaKopernika(TheLibraryofNicolaus
CopernicusUniversity),HeinrichvonReden,CronicaderPreussen,sygnatura:
Rps61/III,k.nn.
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