Kilka uwag o formularzu listów Szymona Maciejowica Ze Stawu na przykładzie korespondencji Oficjała Kamieńskiego i Pomorskiego z Wielkimi Mistrzami Krzyżackimi W Prusach oraz Radą Miasta Gdańska
Several comments on the format of the letters written by Szymon of Staw, the Kamień and Pomerania official, to the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia and Gdańsk councillors

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present the format of the letters written by the Kamień official and curate in spiritualibus et temporalibus (temporarily the Pomerania official as well), Szymon Maciejowic of Staw, to addressees in Prussia, namely the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order and Gdańsk councillors. Unfortunately, only seven original letters from that church dignitary survive to this day. Analysis of these letters reveals that Szymon called himself a chaplain (cappellanus) when writing letters to the aforementioned addressees. This polite term was, in fact, a synonym for ‘clergyman’. It is also worth emphasizing that Maciejowic, in order to please the recipients and win their favour, frequently addressed the Grand Masters as dukes in his letters. It should be added that addressing the head of the Teutonic Order as a duke became a fairly common diplomatic practice in Poland only after the signing of the so-called Second Treaty of Toruń in 1466.

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