Registrum hominum ius civile suscipientium. Rejestr przyjęć do prawa miejskiego Proszowic. Uzupełnienie
Registrum hominum ius civile suscipientium. Records of the Freemen of the Town Proszowice. Supplement
Author(s): Karol NabiałekSubject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Middle Ages
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: town; burghers; citizens; register; ius civile; urban law; Proszowice
Summary/Abstract: The article constitutes a supplement to the critical edition of entries documenting admissions to the urban law of Proszowice (Karol Nabiałek, Registrum hominum ius civile susceptorum. Rejestr przyjęć do prawa miejskiego Proszowic z XV wieku, „Średniowiecze Polskie i Powszechne”, 2018, 10(14), pp. 144–191). In Proszowice, no separate book was maintained exclusively for recording admissions to urban law. Instead, entries confirming the acceptance of new freemen (citizens) were incorporated into the town books among notes on various municipal matters. Initially, these were recorded in the council book and, from the latter half of the fifteenth century onward, in the bench court books. This dispersed method of registration resulted in a fragmented archival record. Consequently, the edition of these entries required their systematic identification within the municipal registers. It has since become evident that previous research was incomplete in scope. Further examination of the Proszowice town books has revealed 31 additional entries documenting admissions to municipal law, dated 1435, 1436, 1444, 1488, 1489, 1490, 1491, 1495, 1497, 1502, 1505, 1506, and 1507. Until now, all known attestations of the conferment of municipal law in Proszowice were confined to the fifteenth century. This supplement, however, includes eight newly identified entries from the early sixteenth century. The entries are presented in accordance with the editorial principles set forth and applied in the original edition to which this supplement relates.
Journal: Średniowiecze Polskie i Powszechne
- Issue Year: 17/2025
- Issue No: 21
- Page Range: 117-136
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Polish
