Hołdy stanów śląskich w okresie dominacji cesarsko-królewskiej Habsburgów (1600–1740). Podstawy i procedura prawna, postępowanie administracyjne a powstały zwyczaj i praktyka kulturowa
Tributes to the Silesian Principalities during Habsburgs Imperial and Royal Domination (1600–1740): Legal Basis and Procedure, Administrative Procedure and the Emergence of Custom and Cultural Practice

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the hitherto unknown phenomenon of paying tribute to kings, princes,and free state lords in Silesia in the period 1600–1740. It is important that the formula for submittingthe homage in the times cited changed dramatically, and the observation of the legal custom allowedus to distinguish three types of this type of ceremony. We distinguish, therefore, the tributes paid tothe hands of royal-imperial dignitaries in the Superior Office in Wrocław by feudal princes (apartfrom the tributes paid in Vienna itself), tributes paid by princely vassals in hereditary principalitiesto the royal starosts, where the prince was almost always Habsburg during the period in question(exception: Duchy of Opole and Racibórz, 1645–1666). The third type of tribute were those that tookplace with the seizure of one of the six free state states (estates with rights similar to principalities).Attentions gets also the so-called “reverse guarantees” provided by newly acquiring principalitiesor their representatives. Apart from the legal and administrative aspects, the work also presents thecultural image of paying homage. It contains a description of the custom regarding the place ofworship, the manner of gathering, or the texts of the oaths and homage replicas of the rulers, firsttime in the Polish translation.

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