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NETWORK OF CONNECTIONS AS A TOOL FOR FORMING A COMMON IDENTITY. A CONTRIBUTION TO DISCUSSION ABOUT REACHING A NATIONAL IDENTITY IN LATE MEDIEVAL SILESIA (Czech title below)

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Capsky M.

Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka

2011

vol. 66

issue 3

53-63

(Czech title: Komunikacní síte jako prostredek k utvarení spolecné identity. Príspevek k formování zemskeho vedomi v pozdnestredovekem Slezsku). The author is underlining in his study that a steady network of various connections existed in late medieval Silesia with the centre in Wroclaw (Breslau). Joining the network was followed by political implications and in the same time integration of Silesian dukes and local communities with the land of Silesia. New identifying factors were: common political actions and defense of the country against external dangers what strengthened feeling of being the part of the Silesian political community. These new factors either strengthened or neglected older factors as i.e. Silesian dukes' common ancestry of Piast dynasty. Particular elements of Silesian network of connections had different duties to do. Wroclaw in the middle of 15th century kept a common chancery and was sending letters. A network of Wroclaw messengers developed in 1460s. During the struggle for Bohemian Crown Wroclaw supported Matthias Corvinus, therefore connection with his court was quite frequent. Generally Wroclaw was a main source of information for other Silesian duchies. Another element of the network was Swidnica (Schwiednitz). Its representative was in Wroclaw in order to inform the authorities of Swidnica about the negotiations with Matthias Corvinus. In return Swidnica informed Wroclaw about the situation in Bohemia.

SPACE AS A PLACE OF REMEMBERANCE. THE QUESTION OF HOMAGES PAID BY SILESIAN DUKES TO THE BOHEMIAN KINGS (Przestrzen jako miejsce pamieci. W sprawie holdów ksiazat slaskich skladanych wladcom czeskim)

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Capsky M.

Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka

2011

vol. 66

issue 2

3-14

Places where Silesian dukes paid their homages to the Bohemian kings became an issue of controversy in the middle of 15th century. The council of the city of Wroclaw (Vratislav, Breslau) discussed the issue several times. The aldermen promoted their opinion that oaths of allegiance should be always sworn on the territory where swearing dukes ruled. This interpretation was broadened to whole Silesia. Earlier a place of homage was not so important. Usually dukes visited the king's court and their journeys itself were part of the ceremony of asking for a fief. The oldest act of taking of the collective oath of allegiance did not concerned Wroclaw, but Swidnica (Svidnice, Schweidnitz), where Sigismund of Luxembourg demanded the homage in 1420. Only in 1438 Silesian dukes swore their collective oath in Wroclaw. For aldermen of Wroclaw it was, however, a binding precedent. This interpretation was accepted by dukes themselves at the end of 15th century. Therefore in 1498 Silesian dukes, as representatives of a particular political area, demanded the king Vladislav Jagiellon to come to Wroclaw and to accept their homage just there.

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NETWORK OF CONNECTIONS AS A TOOL FOR FORMING A COMMON IDENTITY. A CONTRIBUTION TO DISCUSSION ABOUT REACHING A NATIONAL IDENTITY IN LATE MEDIEVAL SILESIA (Czech title below)

SPACE AS A PLACE OF REMEMBERANCE. THE QUESTION OF HOMAGES PAID BY SILESIAN DUKES TO THE BOHEMIAN KINGS (Przestrzen jako miejsce pamieci. W sprawie holdów ksiazat slaskich skladanych wladcom czeskim)