Działalność polityczna Bolka V opolskiego w okresie wojen husyckich
Political activity of Bolek V Opolski in the period of Hussite wars

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the activity of Bolek V a prince from Opole during the Hussite wars. The very period of his life is most frequently discussed in the literature. However, particular authors, describing his activity, often come to contradictory conclusions. The author looked at the sources concerning the very issue again, trying to correct some of the controversial opinions. Bolko V remained under the influence of his father Bolek IV throughout the whole period of Hussite military actions in Silesia. Piasts from Opole in the first years of heretics’ invasion on Silesia belonged to the anti-Hussite camp, which, among other things, resulted in burning Głogówek, the headquarters of young Bolek in 1428. He joined the Hussites 2 years later, probably on his father’s recommendation and with his uncle Bernard’s knowledge. The author proposed a different chronology of military actions during the campaign from 1430. Besides, he rejected, as some of the historians, the information on the alleged participation of Bolek V in invasion on Częstochowa and Jemielnica.

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