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One of the most important Polish politicians in the 2nd half of the 17th century was undoubtedly Andrzej Olszowski h. Prus II, Vice-Chancellor of the Crown, Bishop of Chelmno and finally Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland and Lithuania. This article relates to his activity in the domestic arena of the Republic of Both Nations in the years 1669–1670. It was the time of his greatest impact on King Michal Korybut Wisniowiecki and consequently of governance in Poland. His intelligence led him to sense the mood of nobles in 1668/1669 and suggest native candidate “Piast” to the throne – Michal Korybut Wisniowiecki. That’s why he was considered a king maker. Olszowski had great impact on the new king, even arranging his marriage. Olszowski tried to use his position for implementing reforms, especially in parliament.
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The purpose of this article is to present the structure of the Bernardine Library collection in Leczyca in the early nineteenth century and to list the most important books. This was done on the basis of a library inventory (Cathalogus Librorum Bibliothaecae Conuentus Lanciciensis Patrum Bernardinorum) prepared on April 25, 1819. In order to review the resources of the Bernardine Library in Leczyca, its inventory content should be grouped in inventories according to the content of the works, using a typical library monastic classification.
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Celem niniejszego artykułu jest zaprezentowanie struktury treściowej księgozbioru biblioteki bernardyńskiej w Łęczycy w początkach XIX w. oraz enumeracja najważniejszych pozycji książkowych. Uczyniono to na podstawie inwentarza bibliotecznego (Cathalogus Librorum Bibliothaecae Conuentus Lanciciensis Patrum Bernardinorum) sporządzonego 25 kwietnia 1819 r. Chcąc dokonać przeglądu zasobów łęczyckiej biblioteki bernardyńskiej pod kątem jej zawartości treściowej, należy zgrupować zapisy w inwentarzach według treści dzieł, posługując się typową dla bibliotek klasztornych klasyfikacją.
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The aim of hereby article is to present the epitome of Dominican Convent libraries situated within the area of the former archdeaconry of Łęczyca: in Gidle, Łęczyca, Łowicz, Piotrków Trybunalski and Sieradz, as well as their book collection originating from XVII century. They were functioning since the monasteries were funded the evidence of what is existence of Dominican schools which could not do without libraries. The extra thought was given to the books at the Order of Preacher Brethren, which is expressed in its legislation. Disobedience to the library rules resulted in severe consequences including excommunication. The analysis of the mentioned book resources was carried out on the basis of Latin library inventories from the 17th century, which were included in the codex of Preacher Brethren of Łęczyca, Łowicz and Piotrków and Gidle inventory created in the beginning of XX century. All those inventories are now stored in the archives of the Polish Province of Dominicans in Kraków. The largest book collection was in the possession of Sieradz Dominicans –about 400 volumes. The second largest collection was in Gidle library with 345 volumes. On the third position was the library of Łowicz Convent which collection comprised 294 volumes. The fourth biggest library was the library in Piotrków which stored 215 volumes. In the Łęczyca library there were about 100 volumes in the beginning of XVII century.
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Although to a lesser degree, the 14th century crisis of religious life also embraced Mendicant Orders, including the Order of Preachers. Dominican brothers were obliged to respect the principles written down in the rule of St Augustine as well as in the constitution of the order which regulated the life of the Order as well as defined the Order’s organizational structure. Friars however, sometimes gave in to temptation and broke the rules of their communities. The convents’ style of life with characteristic disregard for the notion of religious community in the order and omnipresent individualism in every field was in conflict with the spirit and content of the rules and constitution of the Dominican, and was referred to as conventualism. The call to initiate a thorough reform of the law in the Order was given by Master General Raymond of Capua. At his command in every Dominican province within one year one monastery with at least 12 brothers was required to introduce the rule of regular observance – the renewal of relations from the period of the formation of the Order and strict adherence (observare) to the Order’s rules. The basic condition of the observance was enclosure. Observant Convents were excluded from the authority of the Provincial and subjected to the power of vicars designated by the Master General. This led to the creation of separate congregations sometimes uniting reformed monasteries from different provinces and countries.In the Polish province the observant reform officially began on 30 July 1432 in the Wroclaw monastery of St. Adalbert. The success of the reform was confirmed by Chelmno Chapter in 1519 only in the orders in Glogow, Legnica, Krosno (part of Silesia province) as well as in part of Mazovia province, whereas the entire division of the province of Greater Poland together with the Łęczyca monastery was subjected to special care of Andrew from Parczew. The same chapter tells Vicar General of the province to re-visit the convents and reintroduce the reform. The negative effects of the collapse of observance by Łęczyca Friars Preachers were serious and they appeared immediately. The convent had never exceeded the number of 12 monks present at one time till the end of its existence in 1799.There were several reasons for the fall of observance in Poland: the reform was superficial in its character, both conventualists and observants were under the authority of the provinces, small convents were poverty stricken. According to J. Kłoczowski the initiators of the reform wrongfully restricted the reform to moral issues only, ignoring the structural aspect. It led to many monks behave passively towards the attempts to introduce observance.
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The following article presents the 17th-century library inventories from the Dominican monasteries in Gidle, Łęczyca, Łowicz, Piotrków Trybunalski and Sieradz. The inventories of the monasteries from Łęczyca, Łowicz, Piotrków and Sieradz are part of the chartularies of the aforementioned monasteries, held today in the Archives of the Polish Province of the Dominicans in Krakow, while the inventory of the monastery in Gidle is part of a ledger of that monastery and is in the Diocesan Archive of Włocławek. The inventories of the Order of Preachers completely ignore the publishing addresses of the prints, sometimes they include the author's surname without his first name, or just the other way round; sometimes there is the author’s full name without the book title; if the title is included, it is always shortened and without the author’s name. In some cases only the nickname of the writer is mentioned. The inventories of the monasteries in Gidle, Łęczyca, Sieradz, Łowicz and older register of the Piotrków monastery do not have the numbering of the individual entries, only almost every entry begins with a new line. Such numbering was added to the newer inventory of the monastery in Piotrków Trybunalski. The older inventories of Łęczyca and Łowicz did not use any criterion for presenting the books (so it was probably the way the books were arranged on the shelves of the library). However, in the Piotrków inventory and both inventories of Sieradz, the books were divided according to the print format: in folio, quartq, octavo, sedecimo and duodecimo. The books within the formats were arranged randomly: the works of the same author were mentioned in several places. The newer inventories of these monasteries were better organized, as the works held in Łęczyca, Łowicz and Piotrków were also divided according to the print format. In the inventories of all these monasteries the books written by the same author were generally put in one place (although it was not always so), and there was also a tendency to put the works of the same type together: Bibliae and comments on the Bible, concordances, Summae, Sermones, Contiones, Postillae and  Homiliae, history, legends of the saints, the books by the Fathers of the Church, liturgics, works of dogmatic, moral and speculative theology, polemics, dictionaries, works of philosophy and rhetoric, ancient authors. Moreover, the newer inventory of Łowicz includes Libri seculares, although among them are also church writings; and the inventory of Piotrków contains Libri oratorum. Almost all the inventories, except the Gidle one have the information about the manuscripts and damage of volumes. The inventories differ significantly in the number of works they include.
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A book accompanied a Dominican monk from the moment of joining the novitiate till his death. It was indispensable during the studies and lifelong learning that was required by the rules or laws made by the Convent, and during daily chores of months: preaching, celebrating the mass, providing the sacraments, fasting and praying, contemplating and meditating the Holy Scriptures, and writings by the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, as well as combating the heresy. One can ascertain about it through analyzing the Dominican book collections maintained in the libraries of the monasteries in Gidly, Łęczyca, Łowicz, Piotrkow Trybunalski and Sieradz, by browsing through 8 library collection sets dating back to 17th Century and the one collection set dating back to 20th Century. The major objective of the Order of Friars Preachers (Ordo Fratrum Praedicatorum) was and still is to disseminate the Words of God, namely preaching. The large emphasis was put on education. Special Dominican studies providing education in theology and philosophy served these purposes. After establishment of every monastery, an affiliated Conventual school was set up. In a number of convents, particularistic studies, later substantive studies as well as advanced education institutions were opened in each province. Libraries, indispensable for schools, were inseparable from schools because they actually were the scientific base and workplace. There were as many libraries as monasteries. Their operations were governed by the rules or laws made by the Convent, beginning with the very specific rules and the constitution, and ending with monastic chronicles and records of expenditure. Within one year in Dominican Churches from 240 to 250 sermons were preached. Collections of sermons occupied a prominent place in every Dominican monastery. Given the aforementioned library collections, the largest of them was found in the conventual library in Sieradz - approximately 100 volumes. Preparing a homily, Dominican preachers from Gidla, Łowicz, Łęczyca, Piotrkow Trybunalski and Sieradz could make use of the sermons inter alia by Bernard de Bustis, Pelbart de Themeswar, Nicholas of Lyra, Pseudo-Pierre’a de La Paluda, Wilhelm Meffreth, Johannes Wilda (Ferusa), Piotr Skarga, Fryderyk Nausea (Blandicampianusa), Johanna Herold (Discipulusa), Wincenty Ferreriusz, Jakub de Voragine, Luis of Grenada called Granatensis, Johannes Hoffmeister, Johanna Eck (Eckiusa), Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Peter Comestor, Saint Bonaventure, Gabriel Biela, Marcin Białobrzeski, Saint Beda, Stanisław Karnkowski, Saint Bernardine of Siena, Dionysius the Great, Hugon de Prato Florido, Nicholas of Błonia. Dominican confessors, when getting ready for the award of the Sacrament of the Penance, read the manuals for confessors and works on moral theology inter alia by Gregory the Great, Angel de Clavasio, Andreas de Escobar, Martinus Azpilcuety, Thomas Stapleton, Saint Rajmund of Peñafort, Peter of Soto, Antonii Pierozzi (Antonii de Foligno) and Jan Gerson. In Friars Preachers Monasteries the Bible and Concordance were also diligently studied. The list of readings covered the writings of Dominican Fathers, Doctors and Apologists for the Church: Saint Augustyn of Hippony, Saint Thomas of Aquin, Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, Saint Ambrose, Lactantius, Saint Cyprian, Saint Isidore of Seville, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Hieronymus, Saint John Damascene, Pope Saint Eusebius, Saint Gregory the Great, Saint Atanazy, Saint Basil the Great, Saint Cyril of Alexandria. In the seclusion offered by monasteries, Dominicans also practised asceticism and contemplated. Spiritual exercises in the convents under consideration were supported by the works of Denis the Carthusian, Hendrik Herp, Thomas a Kempis, Alain de la Roche (Alanusa de Rupe), Johannes Wild (Ferusa), Humbert de Romanis, Thomas Stapleton, Diego Estella, Luis of Granada. The monks also read the hagiographic works by: Wincenty of Kielcza Vita sancti Stanislai Cracoviensis episcopi (Vita maior) or Vita sancti Stanislai episcopi Cracoviensis (Vita minor), Jacobus de Voragine: Legenda aurea Sanctorum, sive Lombardica Historia, and Peter Kanijs Notae de Sanctis, Piotr Skarga Żywoty Świętych [Eng.: Lives of Saints], Antonii Grodzicki and Seweryn Lubomlczyk, Life of Saint Jacek Odrowąż, Gregory of Tours Vita Patrum, Bartłomiej Paweł Szotarewicz Byssus et Purpura Seu Vita et Martyrium D. Stanislai Episcopi Cracoviensis. Pope Gregory IX made Dominicans inquisitors who had to be perfect theologians to challenge infidels and heretics. Therefore they studied speculative and dogmatic theology and related works as well as polemical writings by: first of all Saint Thomas of Aquin, Piotr Lombard, Thomas de Vio Cajetan, Stanisław Hozjusz, Franciszek Kostera, Johann Eck, Walenty Poznański (Wróbel), Robert Bellarmin, Wojciech Nowopolski, Marcin Białobrzeski, Stanisław Orzechowski, Jakub Wujek.
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Łęczyca is a city with rich historical traditions, located in the central part of Poland, in the Lodz voivodeship. The city and the land łęczycka do not have a dictionary of the most important figures associated with the region. The authors undertook elaboration of a biographical dictionary of land łęczycka, which will include biographies of persons, various associations with the city and the region. In the glossary will be presented only the deceased person. An important element of this research project is attention to memory and preservation of cultural heritage ‘little fatherland’, which for many is the land of Łęczyca.
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Łęczyca to miasto o bogatych tradycjach historycznych, położone w centrum Polski w województwie łódzkim. Miasto i ziemia łęczycka nie posiadały dotychczas słownika najważniejszych postaci związanych z regionem. Autorzy artykułu podjęli się opracowania Słownika biograficznego ziemi łęczyckiej, w którym znajdą się biogramy osób posiadających różnorodne związki z miastem i jego otoczeniem. W Słowniku prezentowane będą jedynie biogramy osoby nieżyjących. Ważnym elementem tego przedsięwzięcia naukowego jest dbałość o pamięć i zachowanie dziedzictwa kulturowego „małej ojczyzny”, jaką dla wielu jest ziemia łęczycka.
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W artykule omówiono zagadnienia dotyczące prac górniczych z okresu średniowiecza i wczesnego okresu nowożytnego (do 1618), prowadzonych w rejonie doliny rzeki Bystrzycy, w sąsiedztwie zamku Grodno (obszar położony na granicy trzech mezoregionów: Gór Sowich oraz Gór i Pogórza Wałbrzyskiego). Chronologia tutejszego górnictwa sięga zapewne okresu średniowiecza, najlepiej udokumentowane są jednak przekazy odnoszące się do prac górniczych prowadzonych w XVI w. Podejmowano je zarówno na obszarze lenna zamku Grodno – głównie w Dziećmorowicach – jak i w sąsiednich miejscowościach: wsi Schlesierthal, w Modliszowie, Lubachowie oraz Bystrzycy Górnej. Pozostałości dawnych robót górniczych są od lat przedmiotem badań archeologii górniczej. Znaczna ich część włączona została do ewidencji stanowisk ujętych w programie Archeologicznego Zdjęcia Polski. Autorzy artykułu przedstawili najważniejsze z historycznych wyrobisk górniczych na omawianym obszarze oraz dokumentację związaną z poszczególnymi stanowiskami.
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The article discusses the issues of mining works from the Middle Ages and early modern period (until 1618), carried out in the region of the Bystrzyca river valley, in the vicinity of Grodno Castle (the area located on the border of three meso-regions: the Sowie Mountains and the Wałbrzyskie Mountains and Foothills). The chronology of local mining probably dates back to the Middle Ages; however, the best documented reports refer to mining works carried out in the 16th century. They were undertaken both in the territory of the Grodno Castle fiefdom – mainly in Dziećmorowice – and in the neighboring villages: Schlesierthal, Modliszów, Lubachów and Bystrzyca Górna. The remains of former mining works have been the subject of mining archeology research for years. A significant part of them was entered in the register of sites included in the Archaeological Picture of Poland program. The authors of the article presented the most important historical mining excavations in the given area and documentation related to the individual sites.
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