prof. dr hab. Tomasz Jurek

Section 22.: Auxiliary Sciences of History in Research on the History of Poland from the 10th to the 13th Century: Past – Present – Future

The question of the existence or non-existence of documents in the state of the first Piasts (10th-11th centuries) has long been troubling historians. We do not know of such diplomas, but it is sometimes assumed that they could have existed but were lost. To solve the matter, we must reach for analogies, and above all, try to reconstruct the system of social communication in the early Piast state - which will allow us to determine whether there was a need and possibility of using documents. Finally, an intriguing clue is provided by the finds of ducal lead bulls discovered in recent decades.