The Church and Cistercians in Medieval Poland: Foundations, Documents, People

List of Illustrations 7
Abbreviations 9
Introduction 11
Translation of Names and Conventions Used in This Volume 15
Chapter 1: The Church and Christianity in Poland before 1300 17
Part I. Foundations
Chapter 2: The Piasts, the Premonstratensians and Other Religious Orders of Canons Regular in the Twelfth Century 45
Chapter 3 The Earliest Evidence for Kazimierz II as Patron and Founder 57
Chapter 4: The Foundation of Łekno Abbey in the Context of Twelfth-Century Polish Cistercian Institutions 75
Chapter 5: The Foundation Process and the Early Endowment of Jędrzejów Abbey 89
Chapter 6: The Circumstances of the Founding of the Cistercian Monastery at Sulejów 123
Chapter 7: The Founder and the Beginnings of the Cistercian Monastery at Wąchock 133
Chapter 8: Churches in the Endowments to Polish Cistercian Monasteries in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries 145
Chapter 9: The Foundation of Owińska Abbey in the Light of the Earliest Written Records 153
Part II. Documents
Chapter 10: The Written Document in Medieval Poland 163
Chapter 11: Research on the Documents and Scriptoria of the Polish Cistercians 173
Chapter 12: Forgeries as a Subject of Research of Polish Diplomatics of the Middle Ages 189
Chapter 13: Legitimisation of Forged Documents in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Poland 199
Chapter 14: The False Thirteenth-Century Documents of the Cistercian Abbeys at Sulejów and Jędrzejów 207
Chapter 15: The Diploma of Mieszko III for the Canons Regular in Trzemeszno (28 April 1145) 219
Chapter 16: The Foundation Charter of the Cistercian Abbey at Łekno 235
Part III. People
Chapter 17: Maur, Bishop of Kraków 263
Chapter 18: Archbishop Janik and His Successors: Preparation for the Reform of Henryk Kietlicz 269
Chapter 19: Thirteenth-Century Abbots of the Cistercian Abbey at Wąchock 283
Chapter 20: The Cistercians in Małopolska and their Position in the Economy and Culture of Thirteenth-Century Poland 291
Bibliography 299
Index 333