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d. 1510, Hasistejn Castle near Chomutov, Bohemia
Writer, nobleman of old Bohemian family, princes of Lobkovic, who studied in Bologna and Ferrara (doctor of law, 1482) and converted from utraquism to catholicism there. After 1483, provost of Vysehrad in Prague and between 1490-91 made travel to Holy Land and Egypt. He was elected for bishop of Olomouc, but he was refused by pope. After this, he lived with few of his writer friends in his 'tusculum', Hasistejn Castle in north-eastern Bohemia.
Lobkovic was author of philosophical prose, letters, and verses, amongst them a satire on Bohemian national life Ad sanctum Venceslaum satira (1489). He was succesful essayst and poet - became 'poeta laureatus'.
His best friends were Jan Slechta z Vsehrd , philosopher, and Viktorin Kornel ze Vsehrd , theorist of Bohemian common law.
James Naughton: CZECH RENAISSANCE LITERATURE AND HUMANISM [1]
Petr Rak: Library of Bohuslav z Lobkovic at Hasistejn Castle [2]