TY - JOUR
TI - The Activities of the Krakow Castellan Spytek Jarosławski (ca. 1451–1519) in Hereditary Jarosław and Their Impact of the Subsequent Development of the Town
AU - Kus, Józef
TI - The Activities of the Krakow Castellan Spytek Jarosławski (ca. 1451–1519) in Hereditary Jarosław and Their Impact of the Subsequent Development of the Town
AB - The paper discusses the economic activities of Spytek Jarosławski (Spytek of Jarosław) in his hereditary town of Jarosław. Spytek was the most eminent representative of the Jarosław line of the Leliwite family (i.e. bearers of the Leliwa coat of arms). He began his career before 1461 at the royal court in the service of King Casimir Jagiellon (Kazimierz Jagiellończyk), obtaining successive offices, which culminated in the highest secular dignity – the Castellan of Krakow. These successive appointments were rewards for his commitment to political activity for the kings. In his hereditary estate he was a good administrator. During his rule in Jarosław, a number of public buildings and foundations came into existence. In 1479 Spytek confirmed the old rights and privileges of the Jarosław burghers and granted them new ones. The period of Spytek Jarosławski’s rule in Jarosław brought about the town’s development in all fields of life. During that time, Jarosław became also a major trading center of supraregional importance in Red Rus’. For the Jarosław Leliwites, the town became the capital of their feudal “state” with their own clerks, vassals, and army. That “state” was a kind of model for later magnate latifundia. Moreover, Spytek Jarosławski, with his brother Rafał, who resided in nearby Przeworsk, founded in 1470the first family (Jarosław-Przeworsk) entail in Poland.
VL - 2021
IS - Vol. 8
PY - 2021
SN - 1734-7513
C1 - 2720-3697
SP - 7
EP - 36
DO - 10.4467/17347513SA.21.001.15204
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-archiwalne/article/dzialalnosc-kasztelana-krakowskiego-spytka-jaroslawskiego-okolo-1451-1519-w-dziedzicznym-jaroslawiu-i-jej-wplyw-na-pozniejszy-rozwoj-miasta
KW - Spytek Jarosławski
KW - Red Rus’ (Red Ruthenia)
KW - Jarosław
KW - privileges
KW - system
KW - the judiciary
KW - economic life
KW - public foundations
KW - defense