prof. dr hab. Bogusław Czechowicz

Section 6.: Territoriality of power versus the mobility of people and ideas

The Crown of the Kingdom of Bohemia still raises the question of the reasons for its creation in 1348. For years, the author has maintained that the reason was the need for a more complete legalization of the acquisition of Polish lands (Silesia, Masovia) under the rule of the rulers in Prague. However, the political status of Wrocław in the years 1335-1348 remains unclear. It is obvious, however, that the concept of the Bohemian state implemented by Charles IV over the next generations was not understood by all Czech political elites, and in the following decades of the 15th century its understanding became increasingly different in Prague and Wrocław. The essence of the problem, which Czech researchers cannot accept, is that a component of this state was the "Piast trace" - an element of the political practice of Polish rule anchored in Wrocław. This was the principle of (absolute) heredity of power.