„Długu żadnego po sobie nie zostawuję” – legaty duchownych małopolskich w testamentach z XVII wieku

• Authors: Urszula Kicińska

Title variants

EN

“i will leave no debt after myself” – bequests of lesser Poland clergymen in wills from the 17th century

Abstracts

EN

Wills belong to the most valuable sources associated with the Old Polish funeral ceremony, from this for making a will all adult inhabitants of the old Republic of Poland were also obliged irrespective of the state, the sex and the function performed in the society (secular or clerical). This document mainly included the regulations concerning the funeral, property records, and also list of the liability and debts of the testator. Moreover in the will we can find piece of information about social relations and the attitude of the deceased to family, relatives, friends, neighbors, servants, or also lieges. According to the Canon Law clergymen the biggest and also the most valuable part of personal assets left to their church and the parish which they ordered. The dying priest also handed the considerable part of belongings over – for one's close family, journeymen and servants. Amongst written objects we can mention – devotional items, furniture, clothes, the underwear, the crockery, everyday articles, the livestock, or also farm tools. Objects mentioned in the will are attesting not only to the affluence of the testator, but also let get to know and understand determinants a daily presence of those people, as well as their emotions and mentality.

Keywords

EN

testament; death; priest; property; mentalisty

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Krakowskie Studia Małopolskie
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 18
• Pages: 411-422

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Urszula Kicińska

Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/ksm201327

Biblioteka Nauki

2032741