Jur Tesák Mošovský
Jur Tesák Mošovský was a church dignitary and a Slovak Baroque writer and playwright, whose works are classified as a part of the Humanism period.Life
He received education in Mošovce, Košice, Kežmarok, and Jihlava. Around 1577 Tesák Mošovský was ordained a priest and became an Ultraquistic preacher. He worked in various towns in the Czech Republic. He was married to Anna, with whom they had two sons and four daughters. One of the sons took after his father and also became a writer.Work
Tesák Mošovský created many works in the Czech and Latin language, out of which only 38 titles have been preserved until the present day. He wrote religious-educational ethical texts, occasionally Latin poems. His works had mainly theological character, but he also studied natural sciences and wrote observations and criticisms of the contemporary social conditions. In his words Tesák Mošovský uses humorous elements, live, and informal language.- 1590 - Knížka o pravém a úpřimném přátelství
- 1951 - O lakomství
- 1601 - Mnemosynom...Písnička na památku zložená
- 1604 – Komedie z knihy Zákona božího, jenž slove Ruth, sebraná.
- 1607 - Stella nova et cometae
- 1608 - Tenorové antifóny
- 1611 - Collis vinearius, to jest O vinohradech a horách viničných
- 1612 - Poutník duchovní
- 1616 - Knížka o přátelství
