Wincenty Zakrzewski


Wincenty Zakrzewski was a Polish historian. He was a professor of the Jagiellonian University, rector in 1890/1891, and a member of the Academy of Learning. He participated in the January Uprising.
Zakrzewski researched 16th-century Polish politics. He was an initiator of modern studies about the Reformation in Poland. His notable works includes Powstanie i wzrost reformacji w Polsce 1520–1572, "Po ucieczce Henryka: dzieje bezkrolewia", Stefan Batory..., Historia powszechna . He was also an initiator of publication Stanislai Hosii epistolae, orationes, legationes .