THE RELIGIOUSNESS OF WARSAW BURGHERS IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES IN THE LIGHT OF THE OLDEST TESTAMENTS (Religijnosc mieszczan póznosredniowiecznej Warszawy w swietle najstarszych zachowanych testamentów)

• Authors: Mrozowski Krzysztof
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article presents the results of the research on the religiousness of Warsaw burghers in the late Middle Ages based on the oldest preserved testaments. The sixteen documents from the years 1431-1526 show varied forms of religiousness characteristic of urban communities, including bequests to churches, legacies for the benefit of hospitals and the poor, choosing one's burial place and funding masses for one's soul. The repetitiveness of legacies contrasts with the wide spectrum of testators, which includes not only members of the patriciate but also poor inhabitants of the suburbs, women and men, artisans and intellectuals. In general, it seems that most of the testators were primarily concerned with the good of the urban community, which was supposed to cherish the memory of the dead.

Keywords

EN

BURGHERS; TESTAMENTS; WARSAW

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 58
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 191-196
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Mrozowski Krzysztof

• Mgr Krzysztof Mrozowski, Instytut Historyczny Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA098013