Szymon Starowolski

Szymon Starowolski, (1588 - 1656) Polish writer, historian

Starowolski (right) and King Charles X Gustav in Wawel Cathedral, Cracow, during the Deluge.

Quotes

• The state should look into this, as other nations do: see to it that nobles do not take the lives of their subjects at will, or burden them with unjust toil - as if they were dumb cattle!
  • in: William John Rose (1944). The Rise of Polish Democracy, p. 5