The aim of the presentation is to present the ways in which women were defined in documents issued in the lands of the Piast and in the power of the Gryphites in the period from the late 12th to the beginning of the 14th century. This issue will be presented in relation to women belonging to the ruling dynasty, as well as to the superiors of monasteries and nuns, as well as in the sources of the chivalrous stratum. The cited title, especially in the documents of duchesses and superiors of monasteries, indicates indirectly whether and how the functions they performed could have changed the position of women in a patriarchal society. Another issue relates to the issue of women's use. Witness lists will also be looked at. The documents also provide information about legal actions that have been taken by women in the knighthood: they include specific terms used in relation to specific women, or whether women are treated in a particular way in the documents.