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Zbigniew Oleśnicki (cardinal)

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with their guest crusaders from France, England, and the Holy Roman Empire. He was apparently successful in his mission as, despite repeated sieges, the Teutonic Order was never able to take Vilnius.
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on 15 July 1410. A favourite with the king, he took part in the management of the country's most important affairs. His influence with the king greatly aided him in opposing the
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the city was under the governance of the Polish king's brother, Skirgaila, and came under siege by the combined forces of the pagan Samogitians under Jagiello's cousin and rival
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also made him a cardinal on 20 January 1440.). As cardinal, his influence in Poland was second only to that of the king, and, during the frequent absence of
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Da Capistrano, whom Oleśnicki invited, was also known for his anti-Jewish zeal, in which he engaged in Poland as in other countries. Oleśnicki's own Anti-
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from 1423 until his death in 1455. He took part in the management of the country's most important affairs, initially as a royal secretary under King
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Being a man of great learning, he advanced the study of arts and letters in every possible way, and the flourishing condition of the
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In his conduct of Poland's affairs Oleśnicki entertained far-reaching imperial dreams, which included a complete assimilation of
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He was recognized as one of the two most important Polish magnates of his time (the other one was magnate
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to serve as captain of Vilnius and to bring a detachment of knights there. At the beginning of the
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This article is about Zbigniew Cardinal Oleśnicki (1389-1455). For his nephew, see
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during his episcopacy is due chiefly to his efforts. The well-known chronicler
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in a conflict which led to a short lived civil war and Spytek's death in 1439.
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included the provisions that Jews' rights be "restricted when they contradict
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Shortly before his birth his father, Jan Oleśnicki, was dispatched by king
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for reaffirming in 1453 the tolerant measures towards Jews enacted by
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Turks, with the ultimate aim of extending Poland's boundaries to the
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was his secretary. To repress the spread of Hussitism he called
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Polish Catholic cardinal, statesman, and diplomat (1389–1455)
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intolerance was manifested in his strongly criticising
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Zbigniew Oleśnicki (Primate of Poland)
Cardinal Archbishop of Kraków

Wojciech Jastrzębiec
Sienno
Kingdom of Poland
Sandomierz
Wawel Cathedral
Roman Catholic
Zbigniew Oleśnicki's coat of arms
[ˈzbiɡɲɛfɔlɛɕˈɲit͡skʲi]
Latin
Roman Catholic
Polish
Bishop of Kraków
Władysław II Jagiełło
regent
Władysław III
cardinal
Władysław Jagiełło
Lithuanian Civil War
Vytautas
Teutonic Order
Władysław Jagiełło
battle of Grunwald
Hussites
episcopal See
Kraków
council of Basle
Spytek of Melsztyn

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