ABSTRACT
The chapter examines the legacy of two influential Polish jurists of the beginning of the fifteenth century: Stanislas de Scarbimiria (Stanisław of Skarbimierz) and Paulus Vladimiri (Paweł Włodkowic). They were both rectors of the Kraków Academy, actively contributing to its development, as well as diplomats and statesmen in the service of the Polish Crown. They both elaborated original and progressive views known as the Polish fifteenth-century law of war doctrine. They may also be perceived as early advocates of the concept of freedom of religion. Their views strongly resonated in future Polish political traditions. The chapter starts with an outline of the historical contexts of Stanislas’s and Paulus’s lives and activities. The two subsequent sections analyze in detail the achievements of each figure respectively. The chapter also presents briefly the role of Ludwik Ehrlich, a renowned professor of international law, whose impressive research in the mid-twentieth century (re)discovered the legacy of Stanislas and Paulus and introduced them into the history of the discipline.
