Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic () (1461 – 11 November 1510) was a Czech nobleman, writer and humanist of old

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n family (later the princes) of Lobkovic. He was born at Hasištejn Castle near

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, Bohemia. He studied in

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and

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(doctor of law, 1482) and converted from Utraquism to

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there. After 1483, he became provost of Vyšehrad in

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and between 1490–91 he travelled to the

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and

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, earning the nickname "the Czech Ulysses". He was elected the bishop of

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, but he was refused by the

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. After this, he lived with a few of his writer friends in his 'tusculum', Hasištejn Castle in north-eastern Bohemia. Lobkovic was an author of philosophical prose, letters, and verses, amongst them a satire on Bohemian national life: ''Ad sanctum Venceslaum satira'' (1489). He was a successful essayist and poet, and became ''poeta laureatus''. His good friends were Jan Šlechta z Všehrd, a philosopher, Viktorin Kornel ze Všehrd and Racek Doubravský z Doubravy, both theorist of Bohemian common law. He was the younger brother of

Jan Hasištejnský z Lobkovic Jan Hasištejnský z Lobkovic () (1450–1517) was a Bohemian diplomat of the House of Lobkowicz. He undertook diplomatic missions to Luxembourg (in 1477) and Rome (in 1487) in the time of Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary Vladislaus II, a ...

. He died at Hasištejn Castle in 1510.

External links

James Naughton: CZECH RENAISSANCE LITERATURE AND HUMANISM

Sources

* KYZOUROVÁ, Ivana. ''Básník a král: Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic v zrcadle jagellonské doby''. Praha: Správa pražského hradu, 2007, 127p. * MARTÍNEK,Jan, MARTÍNKOVÁ, Dana. ed.''Epistulae Bohuslaus Hassinsteinius a Lobkowicz''. Leipzig: B.G.Teubner, 1980. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hasistejnsky z Lobkovic, Bohuslav 1461 births 1510 deaths People from Kadaň Lobkowicz family Czech poets Czech male poets 15th-century Latin writers