Marcin A. Klemenski

In the Scientific Library of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow there are rich collections of correspondence of famous people, including those connected with Przemyśl. In this paper the authors analyze 12 letters of Bishop Józef Sebastian Pelczar to Stanisław Tomkowicz of the years 1886–1916. They concern various matters: from religious art to the maintenance works in the Przemyśl Cathedral to political matters. They are a valuable testimony to the extensive interests of the Przemyśl Bishop.

In this article, the rule of Bolko II the Small, Duke of Świdnica and Jawor in the Duchy of Siewierz in the years 1359–1368, is discussed. Based on source analysis, it can be concluded that Siewierz was purchased from the Duke of Cieszyn, Przemysław I Noszak. Duke Bolko II visited Siewierz at least once, and presumably created the office of the “starosta” of Siewierz.

The article is devoted to the relations between Bolko II the Small, the Duke of Świdnica and Jawor, ruling in the years 1326–1368, and the Order of Knights of the numerous contacts with the knights, including confirmations of different transactions given on their request. The relations of Bolko with the receptories in Tyniec nad Ślężą, Lwówek Śląski, Rychbach and Strzegom are being discussed and the Duke’s input into the foundation process of a new monastery in Rychbach in 1338 presented. The relations with the Knights Hospitaller were of much significance due to the prestige and importance of the order.

The paper contains the edition of 16 letters from the period 1924–1938 written by Karol Piotrowicz, the last prewar Director of the Scientific Library of the PAAS, to his father-in-law, Władysław Semkowicz. The preserved correspondence is kept in the Jagiellonian University collection and contains a vast amount of information regarding family relations, scientific cooperation, source materials planned for publishing as well as other academic activities. What is more, the letters present the relations between the academic communities of Krakow and Warsaw. It is also a preliminary research on the biographies of Karol Piotrowicz and Władysław Semkowicz.

The article is devoted to the relations of the Duke of Świdnica and Jawor, Bolko II the Small, ruling from 1326 to 1368 with the Cisterians. Basing on source analysis, the author has described the Prince’s bestowals as well as acceptances of various transactions made by the Cisterians of Krzeszów, the village under his rule. Additionally, the relations between the Prince and the monasteries in Lubiąż and Kamieniec Ząbkowicki, possessing land within the Duchy of Świdnica and Jawor, have also been presented. A conclusion may be drawn from this analysis, that Bolko II was taking care of the monastery as it was the burial site for his ancestors’. The other abbeys had been less of interest to him. What is also visible is that the Prince was reluctant to new transfers of land, he was more willing to accept the monks’ transactions.