illustration: BATORY'S SIEGE OF PSKOV
- a painting by one of the most notable Polish painters of the XIXth
century, Jan Matejko. Many of his works depict important events in Poland's
history. This scene shows Ivan The Terrible's emissaries asking cringingly
the King od Poland, Stephen Bathory for peace, following a war with Poland
lost by Muscovy.
Stephen Bathory - a Hungarian magnate (Istvan Bathori, the Voivode of
Transylvania), became the king of Poland in 1576. During his reign
(1576-1586), he restored Poland's former might and splendour (the Golden
Age of Poland) |
