Spór przemyskiej kapituły katedralnej ze szlachtą o dziesięcinę biskupią w drugiej połowie XVI wieku
The dispute of the cathedral chapter in Przemyśl with the nobles concerning episcopal tithe in the second half of the 16th century

Summary/Abstract: In the second half of the 16th century the Przemyśl diocese witnessed a dispute of local nobility with the cathedral chapter concerning the retention of their episcopal tithe, known as the bishop’s share. That tithe, being the lump equivalent of the sheaf tithe from peasants’ fields, was granted to the chapter by bishops at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries. During court cases, started in 1590, the nobles, using a variety of legal and historical arguments, as well as Protestant rhetoric, tried to question the chapter’s rights. After five years of the dispute, the Crown Tribunal decided that the church side was right. It was the last serious argument between local nobility and the Catholic Church over tithes in Red Ruthenia.

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