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REGION OF WROCLAW - REGION OF SILESIA. TERRITORIAL DIVISIONS AND FORMING OF REGIONAL COMMUNITY BETWEEN 11TH AND EARLY HALF OF 13TH CENTURY. AN ANALITIC SOUCE ESSAY (Polish title below)

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Wiszewski P.

Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka

2011

vol. 66

issue 3

11-25

(Polish title: Region wroclawski - region slaski. Podzialy terytorialne a ksztaltowanie wspólnoty regionalnej w XI - pierwszej polowie XIII w. Esej zródlowy). The main purpose of the article was to catch a moment of the birth of the Silesian region. Two major elements were pointed out as key features of this phenomenon. The first was coming and then steady functioning of a separate administrative territorial unit, not only bringing integrity of the territory, but also linking its inhabitants each other. Studying the sources, we can find the second element: distinctive and long-lasting political, cultural or economic activities of population or its elite. These activities were determined or afflicted by actors' consciousness of belonging to a 'regional community'. In this short article only a detailed question of a much more complex problem of 'regiogenesis' was discussed: a moment of appearing of a name of the region, a name broadly accepted by 'region' inhabitants as their own. A name, which they could identified themselves with. Taking into consideration both chronicles (Thietmar of Merseburg and Anonymus) and contemporary charters, the region 'Silesia' was officially born at the beginning of the 12th century, although its geographical limits were different from late medieval and modern vision of the province. 'Silesia' of 13th century was a region over the middle course of the river Odra, without duchies of Opole, Racibórz and Cieszyn. These lands were under control of rulers of other branches of Piast family and centuries later by dukes from different dynasties. However, the name 'Silesia' expanded and embraced also territories in the higher course of the Odra river what was the result of the political action made by the House of Habsburg and should be the issue for further research.

DID THE WROCLAW PEOPLE WANT CHANGE? THE MEDIEVAL CONCEPTS OF THE CITY HISTORY PRESENT IN SELECTED WORKS OF LOCAL HISTORIOGRAPHY (Polish title below).

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Wiszewski P.

Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka

2010

vol. 65

issue 3

249-262

(Polish title: Czy wroclawianie chcieli zmian? Sredniowieczne koncepcje dziejów miasta w wybranych dzielach historiografii wroclawskiej) The purpose of the article is to research into the way 'a change' was regarded by the local medieval historiography, and was it seen as an essential element of the history of the town. Three monuments of literature were chosen and analyzed: the first The Old Wroclaw Annals (from the first half of the 14th century), a chronicle by Peter Eschenloer (from the second half of the 15th century) and The Annals of Wroclaw Magistrate (from the beginning of the 16th century). The method chosen for the research is to analyze the references within the narrative and the presentation of the main problems crucial for the reception of ideas in the works. No elements, that would relate to the phenomenon of 'a change' in the survey of the history of the city, were found in The Old Wroclaw Annals. A change as an element necessary for the course of the history appears at the chronicle by Eschenloer, but it is not a focal point for forming the image of the past. The problem of choices made by the inhabitants plays an essential role. A change is only a derivative of the choices and is estimated lower than making steady and proper choices that not lead to any changes. A change as an essential problem does not appear within the annalistic entries in The Annals of the Wroclaw Magistrate, either. Stressing the meaning of 'a change' in forming the image of the history is, however, visible. Setup of the entries divides the history of the city into three periods: before it became part of the Kingdom of Bohemia, during disturbances in the 15th century, and after the end of the disturbances what was reached together with the coronation of Vladislav II for the king of Bohemia (1491). Thus, the meaning of 'a change' in the description of the past increased gradually. Further research is required, however, to answer the question, how 'a change' was estimated by general public.

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REGION OF WROCLAW - REGION OF SILESIA. TERRITORIAL DIVISIONS AND FORMING OF REGIONAL COMMUNITY BETWEEN 11TH AND EARLY HALF OF 13TH CENTURY. AN ANALITIC SOUCE ESSAY (Polish title below)

DID THE WROCLAW PEOPLE WANT CHANGE? THE MEDIEVAL CONCEPTS OF THE CITY HISTORY PRESENT IN SELECTED WORKS OF LOCAL HISTORIOGRAPHY (Polish title below).