![Mid 17th century Europe was beset by upheavals that defined formative years of Valvasor’s life: the religious dissension and the anti-reformation backlash, the plague, the […]](https://www.valvasor.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/treasure-143-599x300.jpg "Valvasor’s Youth")
![After his return home, Valvasor acquired the title of Baron. The Valvasor family had received it in 1667. He also took a major step – […]](https://www.valvasor.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/svk-295-640x300.jpg "Knighthood and Arrival at the Bogensperk Castle")
![The period between 1672 and 1677 was significant in Valvasor’s life. During this time his enormous passion for presenting to the world his home country […]](https://www.valvasor.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ColorPrinting17thCentury-640x300.jpg "Establishing the Graphic Institution")
![A year after his visit to Venice in 1679, Valvasor started preparing the publication of The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola. On 23rd February […]](https://www.valvasor.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Tovorniki-Valvasor-640x300.jpg "Exploration of the Duchy of Carniola")
![The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola (Die Ehre des Herzogthums Crain / Slava Vojvodine Kranjske) is the last of Valvasor’s published work and by […]](https://www.valvasor.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/PICT3262-21-640x300.jpg "Magnum Opus")
![With the publication of The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola the creative part of Valvasor’s life is ended. Some books were not printed because […]](https://www.valvasor.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/And-I-will-spare-not-thee-Theatrum-Mortis-by-Johann-Weichard-Valvasor-1682-640x300.jpg "Untimely Death")
![Iconotheca Valvasoriana is the limited edition facsimile of Valvasor Collection of Graphic Arts that was published in 2008 by the Janez Vajkard Valvasor Foundation at […]](https://www.valvasor.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/iconotheca_web1-195x110.jpg "Iconotheca Valvasoriana")
![Full title: Theatrum mortis humanae tripartitum: figuris aeneis illustratum : das ist: Schau – Bühne des menschlichen Todts in drey Theil: mit schönen Kupffer – […]](https://www.valvasor.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/theatrum-mortis11-195x110.jpg "Theatrum Mortis Humanae tripartitum, 1682")
![The first part of the monumental edition consists of Books I-IV and all together there are 752 pages, 54 pictures, 4 appendices and the stress […]](https://www.valvasor.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Izvirnik_Slave_vojvodine_Kranjske_iz_leta_1689-195x110.jpg "The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola Vol.1, 1689")
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![In medieval Latin »Valvasor« or »Valvasore« held the meaning »the carrier of the feud«. In western Europe its use can be traced back to the […]](https://www.valvasor.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/hollar-02-640x300.jpg "Valvasor’s Genealogy")
Valvasor’s Genealogy
In medieval Latin »Valvasor« or »Valvasore« held the meaning »the carrier of the feud«. In western Europe its use can be traced back to the […]
Featured Bibliography
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Iconotheca Valvasoriana
Iconotheca Valvasoriana is the limited edition facsimile of Valvasor Collection of Graphic Arts that was published in 2008 by the Janez Vajkard Valvasor Foundation at […]
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Theatrum Mortis Humanae tripartitum, 1682
Full title: Theatrum mortis humanae tripartitum: figuris aeneis illustratum : das ist: Schau – Bühne des menschlichen Todts in drey Theil: mit schönen Kupffer – […]
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The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola Vol.1, 1689
The first part of the monumental edition consists of Books I-IV and all together there are 752 pages, 54 pictures, 4 appendices and the stress […]
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The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola Vol.2, 1689
The books from V to VIII are the second part of The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, with 836 pages of text, two pages […]
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The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola Vol.3, 1689
Books IX to XI are the third part of The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola. They consist of altogether 1,128 pages and 2 pages […]
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The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola Vol.4, 1689
The last part of The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola (with the exception of Book XII which is added) is partly historical in content […]
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![Written by Andrej Vovko, 1989 Summary It is not so long since our great compatriot Johann Weichard Valvasor was viewed with suspicion and a lack […]](https://www.valvasor.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ljubljana_vazkard_valvasor-115x115.jpg "About the Collected essays on the life and work of J.W.F.Valvasor")
About the Collected essays on the life and work of J.W.F.Valvasor
Posted on December 26, 2011 | No CommentsWritten by Andrej Vovko, 1989 Summary It is not so long since our great compatriot Johann Weichard Valvasor was viewed with suspicion and a lack […] -
![Written by Bogo Grafenauer, 1989 Summary Valvasor and his work “Die Ehre dess Hertzogthums Crain” (The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, Nuremberg 1689) have […]](https://www.valvasor.eu/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/knjkamen-115x115.jpg "Valvasor’s Role in the Self-Awareness of Slovenes as a Distinct Nation")
Valvasor’s Role in the Self-Awareness of Slovenes as a Distinct Nation
Posted on December 25, 2011 | No CommentsWritten by Bogo Grafenauer, 1989 Summary Valvasor and his work “Die Ehre dess Hertzogthums Crain” (The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, Nuremberg 1689) have […] -
![Written by Branko Reisp, 1989 Abstract The first short biography on Valvasor, written by J.G. Dolničar (Thalnitscher) in 1715, appeared in a bibliography of Carniolan […]](https://www.valvasor.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/valvasor11-copy-115x115.jpg "Valvasor Research at Present – Some Open Questions")
Valvasor Research at Present – Some Open Questions
Posted on December 24, 2011 | No CommentsWritten by Branko Reisp, 1989 Abstract The first short biography on Valvasor, written by J.G. Dolničar (Thalnitscher) in 1715, appeared in a bibliography of Carniolan […]