The State of Research and Research Postulates for the Beginnings of the Monastery of the Canons Regular of the Lateran in Kraśnik
The State of Research and Research Postulates for the Beginnings of the Monastery of the Canons Regular of the Lateran in Kraśnik

Summary/Abstract: The monastery of the Canons Regular in Kraśnik functioned from 1469 to its dissolution by the tsarist Russia in 1864. Its history and contribution to the culture of the region have not been studied in detail so far. There are relatively few publications on the monastery of Kraśnik and they relate primarily to the issues of specific monuments. The main studies of the beginnings of the monastery in Kraśnik come from Ewa Zielińska (Kultura intelektualna kanoników regularnych z klasztoru w Kraśniku 1469-1563, Lublin 2002) and Janusz Kurtyka (Tęczyńscy. Studium z dziejów polskiej elity możnowładczej w średniowieczu, Cracow 1997).There is no doubt about the date of founding the monastery and earliest emolument of the monastery. The founder is well-known. The reasons for the foundation are as follows: the wish of the founder’s father; commemoration of father’s memory; making the monastery in Kraśnik the necropolis of the Rabsztyńskis; Jan Rabsztyński’s personal piety and concern for providing the local people with adequate pastoral care.Research postulates. The problem of establishing the parish in Kraśnik has not been solved. It is a mystery why the bishop of Cracow Jan Lutek of Brzezia delayed issuing the document confirming the foundation and erection of the monastery in Kraśnik. There are doubts about existing a medieval scriptorium in Kraśnik.

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