Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic | |
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 Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic | |
| Born | 1461 |
| Died | 11 November 1510(1510-11-11) (aged 68–69) |
| Occupation | Writer |
Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic (Czech pronunciation:[ˈboɦuslavˈɦasɪʃtɛjnskiːˈzlopkovɪts]; German: Bohuslaus Lobkowitz von Hassenstein) (1461 – 11 November 1510) was a nobleman, writer and humanist of the oldBohemian family (later the princes) of theHouse of Lobkowicz. Regardless of his Bohemian roots, he explicitly referred to himself as German.
He was born atHasištejn Castle, nearKadaň, Bohemia. He studied inBologna andFerrara (doctor of law, 1482) and converted fromUtraquism toCatholicism there. After 1483, he becameprovost ofVyšehrad inPrague and between 1490–91 he travelled to theHoly Land andEgypt, earning the nickname "the Czech Ulysses". He was elected the bishop ofOlomouc, but he was refused by thePope. 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, including satire on Bohemian national life:Ad sanctum Venceslaum satira (1489). He was a successful essayist and poet and becamepoeta laureatus. Lobkovic wrote in German and Latin, but never in Czech, which was "barbaric" in his eyes. Moreover, he clearly considered himself a German ("Ego me Germanum esse et profiteor et glorior" ― "I openly confess to be a German and am proud of it").
His close friends wereJan Šlechta z Všehrd, a philosopher,Viktorin Kornel ze Všehrd andRacek Doubravský z Doubravy, both of whom were theorists of Bohemian common law. He was the younger brother ofJan Hasištejnský z Lobkovic.
He died in Hasištejn Castle in 1510.
