http://hdl.handle.net/11089/5648 2026-04-06T14:47:16Z 2026-04-06T14:47:16Z Zajączkowski, Stanislaw Marian http://hdl.handle.net/11089/7614 2018-02-01T11:18:58Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uwagi nad dziejami wsi Brodnia koło Sieradza (do początków XVII wieku) Zajączkowski, Stanislaw Marian The object of this paper is to outline the history of the village of Brodnia to the early 17th century. The village, now situated in the commune of Pęczniew, in the Sieradz province, was in the past (to the time of partitions) in the district and province of Sieradz. As a royal property it belonged to the Sieradz district (starostwo) and later to the so-called tenure of Szadek. The origins of Brodnia are not known though they may go back to the 11th century of even to earlier times. It was a prince’s village. Between 1288 and 1298 it was given by Władysław Łokietek (the Short) to Stoigniew, castellan of Ruda, yet in 1298 the King exchanged it for another of this properties. In the early 14th century a farm was founded there and about the middle of that century a tower was built on the mound within the farm. It served as a centre of farm administration and also as a residence of the king during his visits to Brodnia. In the times of Władysław Jagiełło courts in curia were held there around the Palm Sunday. Written sources mention 18 visits of this King to Brodnia, linked with his habit of touring the country. This practice was abandoned by later kings; only one of them, Casimir Jagiellończyk, was once at Brodnia in 1450. The royal visits to Brodnia doubtless contributed to its economic development. When the royal tours of the country were discontinued, the tower on mound ceased to perform its function and was abandoned in the mid-15th century and destroyed by fire in the middle of the next century. In the 14th century Brodnia was probably founded under the German law. The foundation documents is not known. That Brodnia must have been in the possession of that law is attested by mentions of the 16th-17th centuries referring to the village administrators (scultetus) or to fields that belonged to them. About the middle of the 16th century their office was abolished at Brodnia and the endowed lands (2 lanei) were incorporated into the farm land. Farming was the basic occupation of the inhabitants of Brodnia who, however, pursued other occupations such ad crafts, fishing and bee-keeping as well. As testified by the inspection of crown lands in 1564-1565, their lot was not too hard. Though they paid money rent and rent in kind (cereals, hens, cheese, eggs, butter, etc.), their villein service was not an arduous one. Yet the inspection of 1628-1632 shows that by the end of the 16th and in the early 17th century the villein service became dominant. At that time feudal opression grew in intensity. Since Brodnia was a fairly well developed village, it brought profit to kings. For this reason, certain suras bequeathed by our monarchs to the magnates were drawn on the village profits; the village was also given as pledge for money lent. It should yet be mentioned that a small church, affiliated to the parish church at the village of Glinno, was built there probably in the 14th century. It was under the care of a curate first mentioned m 1417.

1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Kajzer, Leszek http://hdl.handle.net/11089/7613 2018-02-01T11:18:13Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Folwark i stacja królewska w Brodni koło Sieradza Kajzer, Leszek The paper discusses results of archaeological investigations conducted at Brodnia, Pęczniew commune, Sieradz province, in 1987, and financed by the Conservator of Monuments for the Province of Sieradz. The investigations are part of a broader research project the object of which is to study remains of late medieval and modern residential and defensive features of the Sieradz region. The village of Brodnia, located at the ford across the river Warta, at the road leading from Sieradz to Kalisz, has for long attracted historians because of the visits of King Władysław Jagiełło who in the years 1401-1435 stayed there 19 times and who held there courts of justice in curia, the highest court in Polar d where the verdicts were brought in by the King himself. The minutes of the court sessions held at Brodnia in 1404—1409 have survived, and the last king to visit the village was Casimir Jagiełło. Brodnia was first mentioned in written records in 1298. For the whole time it was a royal property and was part of the Sieradz district (starostwo) and later of the Szadek tenure. In the western part of the village, on the high bank of the Warta valley there was a farm complex, on the margin of which an earthen mound, over 3 m high, its base measuring 25 m in diamater and its truncated top, 9 m, has survived. In the earlier literature the mound was interpreted as a relic of a fortified residential feature. The object of the investigations was to study the stratigraphy of the mound and to establish its chronology as well as to determine the beginnings of the farm complex.

1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyszler, Lubomira http://hdl.handle.net/11089/7612 2018-02-01T11:18:11Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Archeologiczny przyczynek do dziejów kolegiaty w Łowiczu Tyszler, Lubomira Results of archaeological investigations conducted at the collegiate church in Łowicz are discussed. The present church was built in the mid-17th century to the plan of Andrzej Poncino and on the initiative of Maciej Łubieński, archbishop since 1641. The tradition concerning the church goes back to 1100. In 1433 the then parish church, built in timber, was raised to the status of the collegiate church. The erection of the brick church was begun by archbishop Jan of Sprowa (1433-1464). In 1525 the building was destroyed by fire but the extent of the damage is not known. Successive patrons of the collegiate church had various building works done yet for lack of evidence they are hard to assess. In the period from the end of the 16th to the 18th century a number of archbishops’ burial chapels were added. However, either for lack of proper care or because of a number of successive fires the church was not always in a good state o f repair. Rescue excavations carried out by the Conservator of Monuments for the Province of Skierniewice in cooperation with the Department of Archaeology of the Łódź University have failed to determine the shape of the building prior to the mid* 17th century. The uncovered remains o f a Gothic wall have only added to our knowledge of the plan of the earliest brick building. Accordingly, it can be assumed that the collegiate church, located on the same site, was a three-aisled construction with an elongated presbytery. The earliest cultural layers, revealed by excavations, date to the mid-14th century whsn an urban centre, granted „town rights” (localio civiias) was being formed. Apart from the churchyard of the 12th—13th centuries, which had already been discovered in the pre-war period and which indirectly indicates the existence of a settlement preceding the locatio and confirms the early date of the church, no other traces of early medieval pre-localio settlement have come to light.

1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Kajzer, Leszek http://hdl.handle.net/11089/7611 2018-02-01T11:18:10Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jubileusze Profesorów Andrzeja Nadolskiego i Jerzego Kmiecińskiego Kajzer, Leszek ln 1992 two important jubilee conferences were arranged by the Department of Archaeology of Łódź University. The first jubilee session was held on 7th-8th May on the occasion of the seventieth birthday anniversary of Professor Dr. hab. Andrzej Nadolski. The whole archaeological milieu of Łódź was involved in organizing the conference, the Łódź Branch of the Scientific Society o f Polish Archaeologists being particularly active. The session wax held in the Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum in Łódź, and the papers read usually dealt with military matters (notably arms and armour) which are the special subject of Professor Nadolski. Most papers were published in a volume entitled Arma el ollae. The second session was held on 20th November in the conference centre of Łódź University on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the scholarly activity of Professor Dr. hab. Jerzy Kmieciński. Several papers were read, and Professor Kmiedński was presented with the jubilee edition of Folia Archaeologica, ,Acta Universitatis Lodziensis”, vol. XVI, which contained papers dedicated to him. However, these events do not mark the end of the scholarly activity of the two Professors. They both are still active, deeply involved in scholarly and didactic activities, and concerned with the development of the Łódź archaeological centre.

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