Family Ties of Cracow Burghers with the Secular Clergy of Cracow in the Fourteenth Century Cover Image

Związki rodzinne mieszczan krakowskich z duchowieństwem świeckim Krakowa w XIV wieku
Family Ties of Cracow Burghers with the Secular Clergy of Cracow in the Fourteenth Century

Author(s): Jerzy Rajman
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Local History / Microhistory, Social history, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Cracow; churches; clergy; burghers; family ties; fourteenth c.;

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the family ties of the Cracow burghers with the secular clergy of the city in the fourteenth century, documented in sources. It has been demonstrated that the clergy who came from the Cracow burghers (cathedral canons, vicars, collegiate canons, parsons and priests, altarists and clerics) were a group consisted of 58 people. On their way to Church positions, they encountered various difficulties determined by the personal policy of the bishops of Cracow, the right of patronage, and the policy of noble and mighty families. There are also data on the education of the clergy of Cracow origin and their informal connections with the Church presented.

  • Issue Year: 128/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 511-547
  • Page Count: 37
  • Language: Polish