‘From the Crown of the Piasts to the Europe of the Jagiellonians 1025-1525’ – jubilee exhibition at the University Library
April 2025 marks the double and round jubilee of two important events in the history of Poland: The 1000th anniversary of the coronation of its first king and the 500th anniversary of the Prussian Homage. On this occasion, the University Library in Wrocław is presenting the most valuable objects from its collections. Mainly artefacts related to the history of Poland during this period or those times, including manuscripts, antique prints, maps and iconography.
– 1000 years since the coronation of Bolesław Chrobry and Mieszko II proves the long duration of the Polish state and the development of its culture from the Middle Ages to the peak of the Golden Age. The year 1525 represents a conventional caesura here due to the anniversary of the Prussian Homage, but in fact it does not close this period, because for almost half a century we had a fantastic flourishing of the Jagiellonian states, which at the end of the reign of King Zygmunt August transformed into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and this is the chronological end of our thematic presentation, symbolically linking the heritage of the first six centuries of the development of the Polish state and culture – explain the event organisers.
The exhibition at the University Library in Wrocław (ul. Fryderyka Joliot-Curie 12) will last from 10 April to 30 June 2025.
Visits are only possible under the supervision of the curator of the Library of the University of Wrocław.
If you would like to visit the exhibition, please send an email to: ozk.bu@uwr.edu.pl
Author: Dariusz Przybytek (Library of the University of Wrocław)
Date of publication: 3.04.2025
Added by: M.J.
