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Praktyki kwestarskie dominikanów z Brzegu
Charity collecting practices of the Dominicans in Brzeg

Author(s): Krzysztof Kaczmarek
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Economic history, Social history, Modern Age, 16th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Dominicans;Silesia;Brzeg;charity collecting;16th century history;

Summary/Abstract: The Dominicans from the monastery in Brzeg held intensive charity collecting activity, both in that city and in other localities of Silesia, within the boundaries of the area belonging to them. The collecting practices can be reconstructed on the basis of the accounts of revenues and expenditures of the convent preserved in the Department of Manuscripts of the Wrocław University Library. They show that the Dominican collecting was intensive, well organised and carried out by monks specialising in acquiring monetary donations and natural goods.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 87
  • Page Range: 107-145
  • Page Count: 39
  • Language: Polish