mgr Michał Hankus
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

Instytut Historii

VIII KONGRES MEDIEWISTÓW POLSKICH - GNIEZNO 2025

List of papers
The duke on a journey, by the example of the peregrinations of Bolesław the Third, duke of Legnica and Wroclaw, from 1302 to 1311/1312.
Bolesław III, duke of Legnica and Wroclaw was not considered to be a good ruler, according to historiography. It was mainly a result of unfavorable opinion about him, made by the author of The Chronicle of Polish Dukes. The Duke’s financial problems in the later phase of his reign, were extended for its entire duration. However, when Boleslaw III was the ruler of his father’s – Henry V entire inheritance, he conducted a dynamic policy that often went beyond the territory of his duchy. Sources unequivocally show that in most undertakings the duke took a personal part, which involved numerous trips. The paper will present the duke’s peregrinations during the period of Boleslaw III domination of the Legnica-Wroclaw Duchy in 1302-1311. The issue of the duke’s detours in the territories controlled by him will be discussed, as well as foreign expeditions: to Bohemia in 1303-1304, to Opava's land, which duke controlled in 1309-1311 (including controversial locations: castrum: Wylin, Maltiz.)