Noble’s aspirations. Financial guardianship for religious purposes in the light of uiomen’s last mill acts from eighteenth century Cracom’s court’s registers Cover Image

Szlacheckie aspiracje. Opieka finansoma nad obiektami sakralnymi m śmietle mybranych przykładom testamentom kobiecych oblatomanych m krakomskich księgach grodzkich z XVIII mieku
Noble’s aspirations. Financial guardianship for religious purposes in the light of uiomen’s last mill acts from eighteenth century Cracom’s court’s registers

Author(s): Anna Penkałaa-Jastrzębska
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, Gerontology, 18th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: patronage; women; noble; guardianship; church; XVIII century;

Summary/Abstract: Article investigate patronage and clientelism among Polish elite women in the Saxon period (1697-1763). Theme of the research, based on womens life in XVIII cen¬tury, can be very widely understood, including religious, artistic, social, familial, economic and political aspect. This research concentrates on noble womens last will acts, treated like an important source to present the vide scope of womens activities, especially — on reli¬gious field. Important questions for this research are: how we can define the main propose of the womens religious patronage, what kind of motivation was the base for that kind of patronage, and how the womens religious patronage was financed.

  • Issue Year: 44/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 81-100
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish