Shumsk

Who holds it

Title

not pinned

Since

not pinned

Confidence

low

Lord in 1200

Not pinned. In 1180 Vasilko, prince of Shumsk and Dorogichin, held it with Polish backing (en.wikipedia, Casimir II); in the 1220s Ingvar's son Sviatoslav holds it.

How things stand that morning

Holder not pinned; drawn with the Lutsk branch.

Charter

No written charter: towns of Rus' held no chartered privileges in 1200; the townsmen acted through their assembly (veche) and their elders.

Fairs and markets

None recorded.

Walls and castle

Earth-and-timber fort.

Trade and crafts

Local.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: No 1199-1200 evidence.

Primary sources for The Volhynian princes apart from Roman

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.

• The Hypatian Chronicle (the Kievan Chronicle compiled about 1200 at the Vydubichi monastery; the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle in the 13th century). The southern record. Read online
• 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 Tale of Igor's Campaign (about 1187 to 1200 (disputed)). A poem on Igor Sviatoslavich's defeat by the Polovtsians in 1185 that addresses the princes of the day by name: Vsevolod of Vladimir, Rurik and David Rostislavich, Yaroslav of Galich, Roman of Volhynia and the Olgovichi of Chernigov, of whom Igor himself was prince from 1198. Read online