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The aim of the paper is to delineate theoretical perspectives which will facilitate the study of the cultural heritage of monasteries and their dissolutions following the concept of collective memory. The article opens with a discussion of selected theories of collective memory in the sociological perspective. The second part points out the difference between the sociological and historical approach to the legacy of dissolved monasteries. The authors also put forward a methodology for the study of local collective memory, which could complement the historical approach.