also believed that Christian dissenters should be considered as non-Christians along with Muslims and Jews. While he advocated better treatment of peasants (serfs), he wrote that according to God's will there were three social classes: the nobility (the rulers), the priests (the guardians of morality), and the peasants (laborers). Lament of the Dying Mother, Poland, over her Undutiful Sons - published soon before his death, an important work in political science. Reformacja obyczajów polskich (Reform of Polish customs) - on how Poland should look like according to the God's plan Scriptorum Polonicorum Hecatontas seu Centum illustrium Poloniae scriptorium elogia et vitae - Setnik pisarzy polskich (A Hundred Polish Writers), 1625 - a short biography of Polish authors, with the titles of their works Wojownicy sarmaccy, czyli pochwały mężów słynących męstwem wojennym w pamięci naszej lub naszych pradziadów - biographies of famous Polish warriors and kings The Perfect Knight - the ideal Christian soldier who selflessly serves his country, defends the faith, and strives for moral uprightness O slawnych mowcach Sarmacji ("De claris orationibus oracoribus Sarmatiae", On the Famous Speakers of Sarmatia), 1628. The Lord's Sanctuary and The Ark of the Testament - sermons Monumenta Sarmatorum - about ancient art, collecting information about old tombstones (digital copy) Various treaties on moral issues, aiming to reform Polish society See also Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Piotr Skarga Wacław of Szamotuły Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki List of Poles Notes External links Biography of Copernicus (Erna Hilfstein: Starowolski's biographies of Copernicus, Studia Copernicana, 1980), Works by Szymon Starowolski in digital library Polona 1580s births 1650s deaths People from Pruzhany District Jagiellonian University alumni 17th-century Latin-language writers Academic staff of Jagiellonian University 17th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers 17th-century Polish Jesuits 17th-century Polish nobility Canons of Kraków Polish political writers