Wilkierz miasta Debrzna z 1407 roku
Town statutes of the town of Debrzno from 1407
Author(s): Andrzej Gierszewski, Piotr KitowskiSubject(s): History, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Local History / Microhistory, Political history, Middle Ages
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM Uniwersytetu Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego w Krakowie
Keywords: Pomerania; Teutonic Order; Debrzno; town statutes; law; towns;
Summary/Abstract: Town statutes of Debrzno from 1407 are currently the oldest known collection of rights of small towns in Pomerania. The document prepared by the City Council and approved by the Teutonic Knights consists of 48 articles which regulated the most important aspects of the life of the commune and introduced penal sanctions for specific offenses. A copy of the document preserved in the State Archives in Szczecin allows us to assume that its original content could have had a different layout and that some resolutions were updated after the release of the statutes. The set of laws regulated the life of the commune in an almost unchanged form until the first partition of Polish Commonwealth in 1772.
Journal: Studia z Dziejów Państwa i Prawa
- Issue Year: XXVI/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 77-92
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Polish
