Złotoryja

Who holds it

Name

Duke Bolesław (the gold is the duke's)

Title

Lord

Confidence

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Lord in 1200

Duke Bolesław (the gold is the duke's)

How things stand that morning

The duke's; whether the miners' settlement already exists on 1 January 1200 is not pinned.

Charter

None in 1200; German (Magdeburg) town law about 1211, the first in Poland.

Council

None. The castellan or the duke's officers judge and collect dues.

Communities

Gold miners, German miners among them in the next decade.

Militia

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

Walls and castle

No castle of note; open settlement.

Trade and crafts

Gold-washing and gold-mining on the Kaczawa.

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. About 1211Henry the Bearded grants German town law.Depends on: Henry's settlement policy.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: en.wikipedia dates the miners' settlement to the late 12th or early 13th century and the town law to 1211.

Primary sources for Silesia (Bolesław the Tall)

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