ROZUMIENIE WOLNOŚCI NA PODSTAWIE ANALIZY "WOLNOŚCI GÓRNICZEJ" Z 1526 R.
UNDERSTANDING FREEDOM BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF THE "MINING FREEDOM" OF 1526

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present the understanding of freedom in the 16th century in the context of the "Mining Ordinance for the Upper Silesian Lands of Princes Jan of Opole and Jerzy of Karniów" issued in Silesia in 1526. The research aims to determine whether the name of the document commonly found in literature, i.e., "mining freedom" (German: Bergfreiheit, Czech: Důlní řád), allows its provisions to be reasonably viewed through the prism of freedom and how this freedom could have been understood at the time. The article discusses the formal aspects of "mining freedom" and the most important provisions of this document. In addition, attention is drawn to theoretical concepts relevant to the Central European understanding of freedom in the 16th century, and possible ways of understanding the freedoms resulting from the content of the "mining freedom" document are established.

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