Published : 2022-02-24

Town Privileges for Błonie (1380) During the Reign of Janusz I the Old

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This article contains an analysis of the privilege issued by Duke Janusz I the Old for his city of Błonie in 1380. In it, he granted the townspeople the right to apply the Chełmno law, released them from the obligation of the ducal law (ius ducal) and customs duties throughout the country. The comparative study shows that the same provisions contained privileges later granted to other urban communities in the eastern district of Mazovia. In order to present the context of issuing the privilege, the work also presents an outline of the political and economic situation in Mazovia in the second half of the 14th century, the beginnings and course of the municipal location charter under German law of Mazovian cities and the history of Błonie before 1380. The purpose of this work was to answer the question about the date of the municipal location charter of Błonie, bearing in mind the existence of at least two types of privileges that play an important role in the location process. The privilege for Błonie turned out to be the end of this process, which allowed to postpone the date of the city's beginnings.

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Błonie, municipal location charter, Chełmno law, Janusz I the Old



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Płowik, H. (2022). Town Privileges for Błonie (1380) During the Reign of Janusz I the Old. Studia Mazowieckie, 16(2), 37–64. https://doi.org/10.54539/sm.5


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