Kształtowanie się Śląska (do 1163 r.). Czynniki integracji regionalnej

• Authors: Stanisław Rosik

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Formation of Silesia (until 1163). Factors influencing regional integration

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Silesia, as a distinct region, took shape along with the development of state and church structures under the Piast rule. Said formation of structures caused the dissolution of tribal relations. The central indicator of regional identity, the name belonging to the cultural legacy of barbaricum acquired a new meaning, territorial by nature and far removed from the primal meaning, belonging to multiple traditions, not necessarily all of them Silesian. Due to cultural interpretation the Ślęża mountain, a source of myths and an essential element of many legends as well as of the landscape has undergone a similar transformation. During the time under consideration the influence of so-called anthroporegional structure that reaches back to prehistoric times on the structure of settlement is noticeable. When compared to the tribal times the period of early state formation of the Piast Monarchy saw an increased influence of the river Oder as an axis for the establishment of administration in both state and church. Integration of the region has progressed around the centre located in Wrocław. The feudal fragmentation of 1138 halted this process. The divisions separated regions formerly belonging to one diocese and, most likely, one province as well. Among the issues significant for the formation of the region were, in the second half of the 12th and beginning of the 13th centuries, the limitation of the meaning of “Silesia” to the latter-day Lower Silesia, as well as defining its regional identity, in context of territorial authorities, to Silesian titulary rather than the one of Wrocław. This was a return to the naming tradition of the Ślężanie tribe. Silesia as a region became thusly an undeniable fact of the social and political life of the fragmented Poland, while the extension of Silesian territory to the upper part of the Oder river waited for the 14th century.

Keywords

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SILESIA; TRIBES; REGIONAL IDENTITY; PIAST MONARCHY

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Wrocławski. Wydział Nauk Historycznych i Pedagogicznych. Instytut Historyczny
• Journal: Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 67
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 31–52

Contributors

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Stanisław Rosik

• Instytut Historyczny Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, ul. Szewska 49, 50-139 Wrocław