The article provides a critical summary and a verification of the knowledge about the poem De quodam advocato Cracoviensi Alberto, which in Polish papers is usually referred to as Pieśń o wójcie krakowskiem Albercie. ...

The aim of the article is to show how the rebellion of Mayor Albert from the years 1311– 1312 has been presented in the Polish historiography over a few centuries. The opposing views regarding the course of the rebellion ...

Piotr of Byczyna wrote in his work Cronica principum poloniae (dated at end of the 14th century) about the impossibility of finding information about Piasts of Opole. The medieval Silesian historiography did not devote ...

For the purpose of this article, the term “elite” is defined as “a category of people who are of utmost importance in a particular community, influence the authorities and shape social attitudes”. In the case of a ...

Research on immigrant groups in the urban commune of the 14th-century Krakow indicates that an important role was played by newcomers from towns located by the upper Odra and its tributary. The role consisted not only ...

The article is devoted to the dynastic relationships of the dukes of Opole in the 14th century. It focuses on the fact that long-lasting realization of political actions is always accompanied by forming dynastic ...