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    Maciej Miechowita (also known as Maciej z Miechowa, Maciej of Miechów, Maciej Karpiga, Matthias de Miechow; 1457 – 8 September 1523) was a Polish Renaissance...
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    (Latin: Leli, Poleli) are Polish divine twins, first mentioned by Maciej Miechowita in the 16th century where he presents them as equivalents of Castor...
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  • culinary publicist and journalist Maciej Łubieński (1572–1652), primate of Poland and archbishop of Gniezno Maciej Miechowita (1457–1523), Polish renaissance...
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    Mountains in the first half of the sixteenth century. Some, like Maciej Miechowita and Paolo Giovio, argued that the mountains were non-existent. Others...
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    history and geography written in Latin by a Polish renaissance scholar Maciej Miechowita, a professor of Jagiellonian University, historian, geographer, astrologer...
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    was a region of the Eurasian steppe inhabited by the Sarmatians. Maciej Miechowita (1457–1523) used "Sarmatia" for the Black Sea region and further divided...
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  • and archeologist; President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Maciej Miechowita Lidia Milka-Wieczorkiewicz Karol Modzelewski Stephen Mizwa Teodor...
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    Maciej Miechowita, Marcin Kromer, Alexander Guagnini, Maciej Stryjkowski, Marcin and Joachim Bielski, and the priest Jakub Wujek. Maciej Miechowita,...
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    Russian ethnonym for the Hungarians, was noted by scholars such as Maciej Miechowita. The modern name of the Ugric language family, which includes Khanty...
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    Depiction of the legendary ruler Lech in Chronica Polonorum by chronicler Maciej Miechowita (Matthias de Miechow)...
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