<P> Most medieval records in Latin and the Old Polish language contain the oldest extant manuscript of fine Polish prose entitled the Holy Cross Sermons, as well as the earliest Polish - language bible, the so - called Bible of Queen Sophia . One of the first printing houses was established by Kasper Straube in the 1470s, while Jan Haller was considered the pioneer of commercial print in Poland . Haller's Calendarium cracoviense, an astronomical wall calendar from 1474, is Poland's oldest surviving print . </P> <P> The tradition of extending Polish historiography in Latin was subsequently inherited by Vincent Kadłubek, Bishop of Kraków in the 13th century, and Jan Długosz in the 15th century . This practice, however, was abandoned by Jan Kochanowski, who became one of the first Polish Renaissance authors to write most of his works in Polish, along with Mikołaj Rej . Poland also hosted a large number of famed poets and writers from abroad like Filippo "Kallimach" Buonaccorsi, Conrad Celtes and Laurentius Corvinus . A Polish writer who utilized Latin as his principal tool of expression was Klemens "Ianicius" Janicki, one of the most renowned Latin poets of his time, who was laureled by the Pope . Other writers of the Polish Renaissance include Johannes Dantiscus, Andreus Fricius Modrevius, Matthias Sarbievius and Piotr Skarga . Throughout this period Poland also experienced the early stages of Protestant Reformation . The main figure of Polish Reformation was John Laski, who, with the permission of King Edward VI of England, created the European Protestant Congregation of London in 1550 . </P> <P> During the Polish Baroque era, the Jesuits greatly influenced Polish literature and literary techniques, often relying on God and religious matters . The leading baroque poet was Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, who incorporated Marinism into his publications . Jan Chryzostom Pasek, also a respected baroque writer, is mostly remembered for his tales and memoirs reflecting sarmatian culture in the Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth . Subsequently, the Polish Enlightenment was dominated by Samuel Linde, Hugo Kołłątaj, Izabela Czartoryska, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz and two Polish monarchs, Stanisław I and Stanisław II Augustus . In 1776 Ignacy Krasicki composed the first proper novel entitled The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom, which was a milestone for Polish literature . </P> <P> Among the best known Polish Romantics are the "Three Bards"--the three national poets active in the age of foreign partitions--Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki and Zygmunt Krasiński . Adam Mickiewicz is widely regarded as one of the greatest Polish, Slavic and European poets . He is known primarily for the national epic poem Pan Tadeusz, a masterpiece of Polish literature . </P>

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