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Translated by Agnieszka Tokarczuk. Edited by Darius von Güttner-Sporzyński and Matthew Firth, with the assistance of Magdalena Biniaś-Szkopek and Robert Tomczak In this volume, the research of Józef Dobosz, one of Poland's leading historians of the Middle Ages, is made accessible in English for the first time. It brings together nineteen studies focused on the role of the Church, the Cistercian Order, and other religious institutions in the history of the Piast realm from which Poland emerged. The introduction offers a broad outline of the first two centuries of the rule of the Piast dynasty after the Baptism of Poland in 966 until the fragmentation of the Piast patrimony during the twelfth century. The subsequent essays examine the circumstances of the foundation of Poland's leading Cistercian monasteries in Sulejow, Jedrzejow, Wachock, Owinska, and Lekno. The author analyses the means of their establishment, evaluates the existing sources, and places these within the context of the Piast dynasty's economic, political, and social policies. The studies offer an in-depth analysis of the motivations of the leading dynasts, magnates, and prelates in supporting the mission of the Churc

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Author

Józef Dobosz

Publisher

Brepols Publishers

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9782503598031

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities