Liber beneficiorum Jana Łaskiego – przyczynek do krytyki źródłoznawczej gnieźnieńskiej księgi uposażeń
Łaski’s Liber beneficiorum: A monographic article on the source criticism of the Gniezno Book of Benefice

Summary/Abstract: Łaski’s Liber beneficiorum: A monographic article on the source criticism of the Gniezno Book of BeneficeThere has been almost no source research on the books of benefice (libri beneficiorum) of Polish dioceses dating back to the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the early modern period in Polish historiography, the only exception being Jan Długosz’s book of benefice. Given the significance of these sources for studying a wide array of historical problems, the lack of research on those mentioned above is a serious omission. The article attempts to fill this gap, focusing on a text about the archdeaconry of Kalisz (the creation of this document, its storage and function) included in liber beneficiorum of the diocese of Gniezno, drawn up on the orders of Archbishop Jan Łaski in the 1520s and early 1530s. The paper is narrow in scope and only attempts to address certain basic issues. The study of the problems mentioned above was based on the well-known description of the archdeaconry of Kalisz and information from other sources: consistory and chapter records, and the other volumes of Jan Łaski’s Liber Beneficiorum, including the Łęczyca and Łowicz draft. In addition, other essential sources for the following study are the copies of the description relating to St Michael’s Parish in Dobrzec (currently part of Kalisz), coming from the hitherto unknown description of the Kalisz archdeaconry of the Gniezno Book of Benefice. These copies are discussed more extensively and their edition is included in the appendix.The article proposes hypotheses regarding the organization of work on Łaski’s book of benefice, the methods of the text’s preparation, and the function of the book over the first hundred years of its existence.

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