Jeszcze o siedzibie rycersko-szlacheckiej w Polsce
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Problems of formal and ideological ties between towers, the so-called,
conical strongholds and tower manors are quite often discussed recently
(L. Kajzer, T. Jakimowicz). A statement that conical strongholds are
knightly residences situated in the centre of knight's estate as formulated
by J. Kamińska and advocated for many years now does not seem to be the
only accurate statement. Examples of settlements at Dmosin (Rawa district),
Goszczewice (Radom district), and Burzenin (Sieradz district:) allow the
authors to show the knightly estates in which a private town or market
hamlet with a parish church as a knight's endowment represent an administrative
centre. This observation makes one of prerequisites, which allowed
to state that the so-called conical strongholds were erected in places of
strategic importance. They were not erected on a knight's initiative but
rather represented a strategic concept of the ruler.
For these reasons the relationship between the tower in a conical
stronghold and a tower manor should be perceived only in categories of symboliс representation. Past development of tower manors dates back to the
beginnings of the state monarchy in which the nobility came to hold a privileged position. Manifestation of "knightly origins" of middle-rank noblemen's families was traced on the example of a manor-house at Zukow (Radon
district). To the search for attributes of "knightly origins" - being a
basic element in the propaganda concept of the nobility - the authors attribute
acceptance of the tower-house “model" in Poland in 16th century.
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