Wizerunek kobiety w kronice Mistrza Wincentego
Streszczenie
The article concerns three aspects of Medieval woman: as a ruler, as mother and as
ruler’s adviser (meaning person from a close circle of a ruler). All characters who appeard
in Master Wincenty’s Chronicle were evidently positive or negative. Woman regarded as positive
should be perfect both as a ruler and as mother, even when it did not agree with historical
sources known to the author. On the other hand, woman regarded as negative should be bad
mother as well as an incompetent ruler or woman having harmful influence on her husband.
Semiramis - queen of Assyria, Tamyris - queen of Skythai, Rycheza - wife of Mieszko II
and Helena - wife of Kazimierz Sprawiedliwy are the most throughly described women of
the Chronicle. They were showed both as rulers and mothers.