Z dz iejów błaznów na Pomorzu: Błazen Hintze (zm. 1599)

A centuries-old history of relations between jesters with their rulers has been researched academically for 200 years. Incomplete sources do not make up a coherent picture of jesters’ functioning at the courts of Pomeranian rulers and the reconstruction of their changing fortunes is not easy. Research on the history of Pomeranian court jesters has been conducted by A. Haas, M. Wehrmann, H. Lemcke, Z. Fafius, M. Glińska, J. Kochanowska, M. Majewski, J. Pokora. The author analyses the stage of the creation of the ‘Hintz legend’ and his tombstone, contrasting it with other interpretations, especially the one presented by Jakub Pokora (1995).