Paweł Włodkowic

Paweł Włodkowic z Brudzenia (Latin form of the name Paul Vladimiri; * 1370 in Brudzeń at Dobrzyń nad Wisłą; † after October 9, 1435 in Kraków ) was a Polish lawyer, writer and diplomat.

Paweł Włodkowic came from the Family Association of Dołęga. Włodkowic is not his last name, but means something like "Son of Włodko " ( Włodzimierz ). He studied the liberal arts and law at the Charles University in Prague, which he completed in 1393. He was appointed canon in Plock 1401. Paweł continued his legal education in the years 1404 - 1408 continued in Padua. After his return to Poland, he received his doctorate either in 1411 or 1412 in canon law at the Jagiellonian University. Then he started there with his courses. He was already 1414 to 1415 Rector of the University, from 1418 onwards, in turn, pro-rector. His philosophical thinking was strongly influenced by the teachings of William of Ockham, Stanisław of Skarbimierz and Matthew of Krakow.

The focus of his legal work was the conflict with the Teutonic Order. Already in 1413 he had appeared as an envoy of his king Władysław II Jagiello in Buda. The key, however, was his role as a Polish representative at the Council of Constance. There he presented the font Tractatus de potestate Papae et imperatoris respectu infidelium. In it, he proved himself as a staunch supporter of the conciliar movement and reflected on the balance between emperor and pope. He also attacked the Teutonic Order because of its policy of conquest and the bloody heathen persecution in Lithuania and Prussia country sharply. He wore towards the end of the council to the official condemnation of the Order of Jurists John of Falkenberg in because of its attacks on Poland and its king. The processes against the Order continued into after the Council, inter alia, in Breslau in 1420, without leading to a final decision of the dispute. Włodkowic withdrew from public life in 1424 and became pastor in Kłodawa.