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Jasna Góra: history, novel, film

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The 1655 siege of the Jasna Góra monastery in Prior Kordecki's account and in the work of historians, in Sienkiewicz's "The Deluge" and in Hoffman's film – through the royal order, the letter of protection and the cannon that burst.

Adam Mickiewicz

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Documented

The Romantic poet whose Paris lectures helped shape later memory of Kordecki and the defence of Jasna Góra. He did not witness the Deluge.