Medyka (near Przemyśl)

In the 1430s [Historical record]

A village near Przemyśl on the road to Gródek. According to Długosz, in late April 1434 Jogaila stood in the forest at night listening to the nightingales, caught a chill, and was carried to Gródek, where he died on 1 June (the death).

Medyka (near Przemyśl, on the road to Gródek)

Medyka (near Przemyśl, on the road to Gródek)

Medyka (near Przemyśl, on the road to Gródek) · place

Type

place

Note

Where Jogaila, in late April 1434, stood at the edge of the forest listening to the nightingales and caught the chill of which he died at Gródek on 1 Jun (Book V ch. 12; the nightingale episode is Długosz’s).

In the saga

The forest edge where an old king stands wrapped in two cloaks while two chamberlains cough into their fists and dare not ask him to turn back (Book V ch. 12, Lakštingala). See the chill at Medyka.

Scenes set here

Book V ch. 12.

Timeline

Year

Event

Book

1434-04

Jogaila catches his chill at Medyka (nightingales)

V · The Wolf’s Legacy

Connections

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