Kościan

Who holds it

Name

Władysław Spindleshanks for his ward (Odon's land)

Title

Lord of the castle and market

Since

see lord_1200

Confidence

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Lord in 1200

Władysław Spindleshanks for his ward (Odon's land)

How things stand that morning

A ducal castle with a market settlement; no town law.

Charter

None. No town law in 1200: the place is a ducal castle (gród) with a market settlement (suburbium) under ducal law.

Council

None: the castellan and the duke's officers judge, collect the market dues and tolls, and keep order.

Communities

The castle household and garrison.

Fairs and markets

None recorded.

Militia

None as a town body; the castle garrison and the knights of the castle district.

Walls and castle

Earth-and-timber castle.

Trade and crafts

Local market under the castle.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Inferred.

Primary sources for Greater Poland

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• Chronicle of the Poles, by Master Vincent (Wincenty Kadłubek), Wincenty Kadłubek (about 1190 to 1208). Book 4 is a contemporary's account of the fight for the senior throne of Kraków. Read online
• The annals of the Kraków chapter and the other Polish annals (kept from the 11th century; the Kraków chapter annals continued to 1266). Short dated entries that fix the chronology Kadłubek blurs: the deaths of dukes and bishops, Mieszko the Old's captures of Kraków, Prussian raids on Masovia, church consecrations. Read online