likely influenced by bribes or favors. In another example, Leśniewski describes how Zamoyski openly demanded rewards following his victory at Byczyna, and tried to include an article favoring him in the Bytom and Będzin treaty. He further notes, critically, that with raising power and political success Zamoyski begun displaying negative qualities, such as egoism and arrogance. Zamoyski was ruthless to those weaker than him. At the same time, he was respected by his opponents, widely recognized as highly intelligent, a cunning strategist and tactician in matters political and military, and a popular political leader. He valued the good of the country at least as high as his own, and although he could have become the king after a victorious civil war against Sigismund, he preferred to act within the limits of law instead, avoiding a war that could devastate the country, and thus curbing his own ambitions. See also Army of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Notes References External links 1542 births 1605 deaths University of Paris alumni Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth People from Zamość County Great Crown Hetmans Polish Calvinist and Reformed Christians Jan 1542 Converts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism University of Padua alumni Polish people of the Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory Collège de France alumni People of the Long Turkish War 16th-century Polish landowners 17th-century Polish landowners Crown Vice-Chancellors