| dc.description.abstract | John of Bohemia was using the title of the king of Poland since 1310. However, the events that
took place in Poland in the years 1311–1312 did not alter the main direction of his political activity.
At that time, his most prominent advisor remained Archbishop of Mainz Peter of Aspelt,
however, John of Bohemia was also influenced by other members of the court. He focused
on ensuring stability of his power in the countries that belonged to the Bohemian crown,
primarily in the Kingdom of Bohemia (coronation), Moravia (by obtaining the loyalty of the
local gentry) and in the Opavian Silesia (by paying the debts of dukes of Wroclaw and Legnica:
Bolesław, Henry, and Wladyslaw). This policy brought him respect in Bohemia and Moravia
that was expressed by the so-called inauguration documents from 1311. A serious problem
in the international policy of the young king of Bohemia was the activity of the Habsburgs.
As the successor of Henry of Bohemia, King John had to run into debt of 40 thousand kopas
of Prague groschen. It was a price for which Henry of Bohemia bought the Habsburgs’ right
to the Bohemian throne in 1308. At the same time, King John established his first diplomatic
contacts with the royal court in Hungary. He was not interested in the Polish matters until
1320s. He also did not react to the events that took place in Krakow in the years 1311–1312
and did not get involved in the Polish matters which are not mentioned in Czech sources
from the first half of the 14th century (Chronicon Aula regiae; Chronicon Francisci Pragensis,
etc.). In accordance with that, Czech historiography from the 20th and 21st centuries (J. Šusta,
J. Spěváček, L. Bobková, J. Mezník) only treats the issue of Mayor Albert’s rebellion marginally. | en |
