Jogaila catches his chill at Medyka¶

What the chronicles say [Historical record]¶

Długosz’s story: in late April 1434 Jogaila, riding to Gródek near Lviv, stood at night in the forest at Medyka to hear the nightingales, took a cold in the frost, and weeks later died (the death). The nightingale detail is a chronicler’s anecdote; the chill is the stated cause.

Jogaila catches his chill at Medyka (nightingales)


Tipas	įvykis
Metai	1434-04
Status	Istoriniai duomenys
Knyga	V · Vilko Palikimas
Skyriai	12
Pastaba	Late April 1434; Długosz’s story of the king standing at night to hear the nightingales. The saga’s cold-and-silence frame around it is invention.

What really happened [The saga’s invention]¶

The saga keeps the nightingales and gives the king his silence: he stands in two cloaks at the forest edge while his chamberlains cough around him (Book V ch. 12). The last confession that follows is invention.

Consequences¶

Leads to Jogaila’s death at Gródek on 1 June 1434.

Dramatisation¶

Book V ch. 12 Lakštingala (Jogaila; late April 1434; Medyka).

Ryšiai

Causes: Jogaila dies at Gródek — He died of the chill at Gródek, 1 Jun 1434.

Location: Medyka (near Przemyśl, on the road to Gródek)

Participants: Jogaila

Sąsajos¶

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