Waldstein, ___ 1581-1623 ___ Czech ___ n/a

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Zdenek Brtnicky z Valdstejna or Baron Waldstein as he was known in English was was a nobleman from Moravia. While on a grand tour through Europe, he kept a journal (in Latin). It covers a period when he was studying at Strasbourg University and travelling through Continental countries. The part concerning his visit to England was translated and published in English. In 1620, it seems, he was imprisoned in Spilberk Castle in Brno, where he fell ill and died.
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DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1597-1603 ___ travel UK

WEB TEXT LINKS
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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
 

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
The Diary of Baron Waldstein; A Traveller in Elizabethan England
 

July 2005, August 2008, April 2013
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IMPORTANT NOTES AND CAUTIONS: 1) The first line of basic information may be incomplete in several ways: some historical figures have different names (titles, pen-names); their birth and death dates may be unknown or uncertain (g - guess, c - circa); similarly, their occupations may be unknown, or they may have had other jobs; and, for early diarists, I've used 'British' a bit too freely. 2) The biographical summary may not be accurate. It was compiled quickly from various sources, mostly on the internet, and the facts were not checked anywhere near as rigorously as they would have been if they'd been intended for publication in a printed form. 3) The journal dates and descriptors (which are in no particular order) must be treated with caution: since I have not examined the diaries myself, the descriptors are only guesses based on bibliographies, anthologies and internet biographies. 4) For the biography and etext links, I have ignored any sites with charges, and I have avoided, wherever possible, those with pop-ups or too much advertising. I have limited myself to providing three etext links where there is some variety between them. 5) For the original manuscript links, I have limited myself to providing a maximum of two (although, for a few diarists, their original diaries are held in more than two places). 6) I have provided the titles - chosen randomly - for up to three printed editions of the diaries.