title: Biligual Writings on Bilingual Writings: J. Widekindi’s Letters to M. G. De La Gardie
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metadata.value: Vetushko-Kalevich, Arsenij
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2017-07-05T15:53:28Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2017-07-05T15:53:28Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2016-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Vetushko-Kalevich A. Biligual Writings on Bilingual Writings: J. Widekindi’s Letters to M. G. De La Gardie. Philologia Classica 2016, 11(2), 289–300.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu20.2016.208
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/6740
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The collection of J. Widekindi’s letters to M. G. De la Gardie, preserved in the National Archives of
  Sweden, has not received decent attention in the research concerning the origins of Widekindi’s main work,
  Historia Belli Sveco-Moscovitici Decennalis, which describes the events of the Russian Time of Troubles and
  the Ingrian War. Especially important in this respect is the last of the eleven letters, dated 15th March
  1672 and dealing almost exclusively with Historia. From it we learn that the original text of this bilingual
  work was written in Latin (although the Swedish version was published first). Hence the status of the versions:
  the Swedish edition from 1671 is a translation, hastily made by several persons, while the Latin edition
  from 1672 is a revised and incomplete text of the original written by Widekindi himself. With the help of
  another letter we find out that Widekindi had started working on the book as early as by 1661. His main
  scope, clearly indicated in yet other letters, was to glorify his patron’s father, Jacob De la Gardie. But M. G. De
  la Gardie, who was aware of the project for a long time, gave his support to it only in 1666 (or later) — probably
  because it became quite relevant for his foreign policy. From the letters we also find out that Widekindi
  took care of Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna’s library from the middle of the 1650s. This fact, along with the
  extensive usage of one of Oxenstierna’s drafts in the first book of Historia, gives a clue to where Widekindi
  got acquainted with many of his sources. The catalogue of Oxenstierna’s book collection shows this suggestion
  to be correct.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 11; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Time of Troubles
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ingrian War
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Swedish Neo-Latin
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: 17th century historiography
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Rossica
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Johannes Widekindi
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Biligual Writings on Bilingual Writings: J. Widekindi’s Letters to M. G. De La Gardie
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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