What the sources really say about Juraj Jánošík: origins, soldiering, outlaw years, arrest, trial and execution in 1713.
A serf's son from Terchová, a soldier in two armies, an outlaw captain for little more than a year – and, after his execution in 1713, Slovakia's most famous hero. What the records really say about Juraj Jánošík.
Two days in March 1713 decided the fate of Juraj Jánošík. The Liptov County protocol survives – and tells a soberer story than the songs.
Juraj Jánošík was an outlaw for barely eighteen months. What the court records reveal about his oath, raids, loot and helpers – told step by step.
Without him there would probably have been no outlaw Jánošík. Tomáš Uhorčík brought the young man from Terchová into his band, went to ground in Klenovec as “Martin Mravec” – and died on the wheel a few weeks after him.