THE INTERRELATIONS OF POLISH AND BOHEMIAN ANNALS FROM THE SECOND HALF OF THE ELEVENTH CENTURY TO THE MID-THIRTEENTH CENTURY

• Authors: Matla-Kozlowska M.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

A discussion about the interrelations of the titular Polish and Bohemian annals portrays the different views held by Polish and Czech researchers. All agreed that the irrefutably 'Polish' sources include records about St. Stanislaw in Bohemian sources or the mention of the battle of Zawichost (1205); the remaining entries remain controversial. An analysis of notes common for both currents indicates that more extensive Polish-Bohemian interrelations ended in 1253 (the canonisation of St. Stanislaw), and that partial Silesian-Bohemian impact may be observed after that date. In the case of some of the records, mentioned by the authoress, it would be difficult to speak about any sort of interrelations. . Only 'Rocznik Krasinskich' copied the note about the expedition of 1172 according to Neplach, albeit with an erroneous date. This source includes also other notes based on the Bohemian version (990, 997). Other postulated 'Polish notes' in Bohemian sources are, for all practical purposes 'Silesian' and do not occur in Polish sources. Distinctive Bohemian impact may be observed in 'Rocznik krótki' (The Short Annal -RK). Apart from the borrowings earlier postulated by M. Perlbach (982, 991, 997, 1038), the use of 'Annales Pragenses deperditi' (APd) is evidenced by an entry under 1001. As a rule, this annal has been perceived as a compilation of Marcin Polak and a Bohemian source, but a comparison of the note in the versions found in Benes the Minorite (BM), Cosmas, and the Monk of Sazawa, demonstrates that RK reflected the contents of APd more fully than the Bohemian sources, although with faulty datation. Traces of Bohemian impact in RK are to be seen in a note about the expeditions of 1111 or 1133 and quite possibly in the style of the entry about 1173 and the death of Thomas Beckett. This current includes also a note about the death of Duke Henry the Bearded of Silesia, recorded as 1238, which combined the information from 'Rocznik kapituly krakowskiej' (Annal of the Chapter of Cracow) with the Bohemian source. Such an assumption is confirmed by the use of the cognomen 'Barbatus', unknown to Polish sources of the time. The authoress tends to connect the circumstances of the transition of the Polish notes to Bohemia with the hegemonic policy pursued by Premysl Ottokar II. With this objective in mind, the Bohemian ruler obtained the relics of St. Stanislaw and probably the Polish annal with the indirect intermediary of monastic orders and Polish-Bohemian Church dignitaries. The journey made by the notes from Bohemia to Poland, which should be placed after 1241 and prior to the end of the thirteenth century, involves a possible survey conducted by a Polish clergyman who returned the Bohemian relics to Prague, and the above mentioned intermediary of monastic orders or representatives of the Church. The borrowings in 'Rocznik Krasinskich' are much later. The analysed material suggests that the most numerous examples of Bohemian impact in Polish annals are those in RK

Keywords

EN

'ANNAL OF THE CHAPTER OF CRACOW'; 'ANNALES PRAGENSES DEPERDITI'; 'ROCZNIK KRASINSKICH'; 'ROCZNIK KRÓTKI' (SHORT ANNAL); BENES THE MINORITE; COSMAS; MONK OF SAZAWA; POLISH-BOHEMIAN ANNALS (11-13TH C.)

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Studia Źródłoznawcze. Commentationes
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 43
• Pages: 27-52
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Matla-Kozlowska M.

• M. Matla-Kozlowska, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Instytut Historii, ul. Sw.Marcin 78, 61-809 Poznan, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA01753777