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Letter #4797

Tiedemann GIESE to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Löbau (Lubawa), 1547-08-21
            received Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1547-08-23

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 2, f. 142

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8250 (TK 12), f. 445

Prints:
1UBC No. 988, p. 829 (in extenso; German register)

 

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Reverendissime in Christo Pater Domine, frater et maior observande. Salutem et obsequiorum meorum commendationem.

Cum hic mihi notus nobilis ad Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram proficisceretur, nolui neglegere occasionem remittendi ad Illam litteras reverendissimi domini archiepiscopi, qui quamvis nunc simulet causam esse, cur praetereatur Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra, tamen cum in superioris synodi decreto omnes episcopi Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌊PrussiaePrussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌋ de subiectione condemnentur, facile recantabit, praetextum habens prioris decreti, quod rescindere non potuerit. Cautam igitur esse oportebit Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram, quae si adhaerere mihi voluerit in hoc synodali iudicio, commodius et facilius hoc Illi erit nunc quam postea novam obire molestiam essetque id etiam mihi conducibile et valde gratum. Cogitavi illuc mittere unum ex capitulo meo cum cancellario meo, si ipsa Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra non mittet. Opus mihi erat bulla apostolica, qua in promotione sua ad eccelsiam Culmensem commendata est Rigiensi archiepiscopo, quam ut mihi mittat, precor. Alia postea. Cupio me Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae esse commendatissimum, quam ut Dominus Deus in longissima tempora servet incolumem, precor.