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Abraham Gölnitz’s account of his voyage, published in Leyden in 1631, was not correctly dated until 1908, in the works of Léon Malavialle. By assigning an exact chronology to Gölnitz’s trek (from May 11, 1624 to June 15, 1626), it becomes possible to appreciate the precision of the tale, punctuated with references to the history of French reformists. In relation with the learned elites of the court of Duke Jean-Christian of Legnica-Brzeg, in Silesia, Gölnitz made his book into a proposal for an educational voyage for his sons Georges (twenty years of age) and Louis (fifteen). He achieved this by adding two events that occurred after his visit to France: the siege of La Rochelle (1628) and the assassination of the Prince of Orange (1630), which, as we show, are references to the Duke’s eschatological culture. This connection is revealed by recalling the political and cultural context of Silesia at the beginning of the Thirty Years War.