Autorytet króla w traktacie De institutione regii pueri

The article is an analysis of the views expressed by an anonymous author of the treatise De institutione regii pueri concerning the authority of the monarch. The treatise was written at the end of 1502 on the occasion of the expected birth of Władysław Jagiellończyk and Anna de Foix’s son. The treatise made references to the educational model created at the beginning of the Humanism period in Italy. Suggestions included in the treatise were supposed to build up the majesty of the ruler. The presented model may be considered to be traditional. The ruler – in that model – thanks to the characteristics acquired in the process of education was supposed to gain a positive reception on part of his subjects.