A local society in transition
Subtitle: the Henryków book and related documents
By: Piotr Górecki.
Series: Studies and texts -- 155.; Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) -- 155.
Publisher: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780888441553
Subjects: Liber fundationis Claustri Sancte Marie Virginis in Heinrichow.; Church lands -- Poland -- Henryków (Wałbrzych); Cistercian monasteries -- Poland -- Henryków (Wałbrzych) -- History.; Kloosterleven.; Cisterciënzers.; Polen (land)
Other titles: Henryków book.; Liber fundationis Claustri Sancte Marie Virginis in Heinrichow.
Notes: Annotated translation of the Liber fundationis Claustri Sancte Marie Virginis in Heinrichow.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-259) and index.
Table of contents: value: The Henryków book and its contexts; value: The importance of the sources; value: Purposes, genre, and structure of the Henryków book; value: The contexts of power and of writing; value: Agriculture and towns; value: Lords, counts, knights, and dukes; value: Religious communities, ecclesiastical institutions; value: Transmission and selection of the sources; value: The Henryków book; value: Book one; value: Book two; value: The bishops of Wrocław; value: Supplementary documents relating to the Henryków monastery; value: Politics of the monastic foundation: alternative views; value: Powerful neighbors of Henryków monastery: coexistence, conflict, alliance; value: Family histories, property divisions, alienations, and disputes.