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Anna Czermińska

1525 – 1579

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A life in time

  1. 1525

    Born

  2. 1554–1568

    2 children are born

  3. 1579

    Dies

Family

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Children · 2

During her lifetime

She lived through 6 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

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The 1520s · Anna is born

In the news1525

Reformation upheavals of 1525

In 1525, violent Reformation urban revolts occurred in Baltic ports, while rebel peasants quoted Luther during a full-scale uprising.

Getting around

Difficult conditions for travelers and inns

Roads were often in poor condition, and finding suitable overnight shelter was difficult, with some inns described as being little better than a cattle-shed.

In the news1520

Poll tax established in 1520

A poll tax was agreed upon in 1520, with nobles paying based on landholdings and tenant farmers paying 1 grosz each.

Daily life

Protective names given to young children

Before a formal naming ceremony at the first haircut, children were given protective names like Wolf or Not-Mine to mislead evil spirits.

What people wore

Clothing had a second life

Clothing items often had a second life; they were frequently unpicked and reused to repair or decorate other garments. In 1525, about 7.5% of items in a nobleman's inventory were documented as having been repurposed in this way.

Music

Popular dances in the Renaissance

People in towns like Lublin enjoyed dancing to secular tunes such as Zakłułam się cierniem, which was popular enough to be noted in music collections across Europe.

At the table

Beer soup for breakfast

Beer was the most common everyday drink, often consumed in the morning as a thick beer soup.