March
18
/ 2017
Due to the popularity of the King Arthur legends, knights and chivalry are often associated with England and France. Yet one of the knights that best embodied knightly virtue is a Polish man named Zawisza Czarny. A local noble from Garbow in modern-day southeast Poland, Zawisza was a valiant soldier, an honorable diplomat, and a man brave enough to stand his ground in the face of certain defeat. Little is known about Zawisza, but researchers from the Institute of History, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin have embarked on a project to uncover more about the famed Polish knight. Zawisza Family Records Zawisza Czarny was popularly referred to as Zawisza the Black because of his thick, black hair. He apparently enjoyed
