Section for the Historical-Geographical Dictionary of Greater Poland

Head: Professor Tomasz Jurek

Michał Bartoszak, MA
Dr Paweł Dembiński
Dr Adam Kozak

Cooperator:
Professor Antoni Gąsiorowski

Contact: S. Mielżyńskiego 27/29, 61-725 Poznań
phone/fax: 061 848 09 17
e-mail: shg-poznan@ihpan.edu.pl

The section working in Poznań consists of four researchers whose primary task is to prepare entries for the Dictionary. In addition, all members of the section pursue their own research. Professor Tomasz Jurek works on the history of Silesia and Greater Poland, the political history of the fragmentation period and the unification of the state at the turn of the 14th century, the early history of Christianity in the Polish lands, and auxiliary disciplines of history (with a particular interest in diplomatics and genealogy). Dr Paweł Dembiński studies late medieval church chapters, especially the chapter of Poznań Cathedral and the activities of the lower clergy of that diocese. Dr Adam Kozak is interested in medieval municipal and ecclesiastical records and their edition; he has prepared a printed edition of the judicial records drafted by the vicar general of Gniezno, Sandivogius of Czechel (1449–1453). Mr Michał Bartoszak prepares a dissertation on university studies of Poznań citizens (1400-1520). Prof. A. Gąsiorowski  (for many years an editor of the Dictionary) is a respectable editor of medieval sources for Polish history (Kodeks dyplomatyczny Wielkopolski [Codex diplomaticus Maioris Poloniae] and many others), and an expert in social history of late medieval Poland.

For many years, Dr. Stefan Chmielewski (d. 2008), Prof. Izabela Skierska (d. 2014), Prof. Jerzy Luciński (d. 2016), Dr. Grażyna Rutkowska (d. 2019), Dr. Krystyna Górska-Gołaska (d. 2022) had been associated with the Section.

The work on the Dictionary has been co-financed for a number of years by NPRH grant projects:

• „Słownik historyczno-geograficzny ziem polskich w średniowieczu – nowe perspektywy” [“The historical-geographical Dictionary of the Polish lands in the Middle Ages – new perspectives ”] no. 11 H 20 024488, (2022–2027), leader: Professor Tomasz Jurek, funds: 1 550 000 PLN.
• „Słownik historyczno-geograficzny ziem polskich w średniowieczu – nowe obszary i kontynuacja” [“The historical-geographical Dictionary of the Polish lands in the Middle Ages – new regions and continuation”] no. 1aH 15 0197 83 (2015–2021), leader: Professor Tomasz Jurek, funds: 5 397 600 PLN.
• „Słownik historyczno-geograficzny ziem polskich w średniowieczu” [“The historical-geographical Dictionary of the Polish lands in the Middle Ages”] no. 11H 11003780 (2012–2017), leader: Professor Tomasz Jurek, funds: 4 000 000 PLN.

The section has carried out a number of team an individual editorial projects:

1. Metryka Uniwersytetu Krakowskiego z lat 1400–1508. Biblioteka Jagiellońska rkp. 258 [The Jagiellonian University Metrica for the years 1400–1508. Manuscript 258 of the Jagiellonian Library], vol. 1: Text (LXII + 650 pp. + CD with scans of the manuscript), vol. 2: Indices (768 pp.), ed. A. Gąsiorowski, T. Jurek, I. Skierska, Kraków, 2004;
2. Księga Metryki Koronnej podkanclerzego Andrzeja Oporowskiego z lat 1479–1483 [Book of the Crown Record of Vice Chancellor Andrzej Oporowski from 1479-1483]. Ze spuścizny Antoniego Prochaski wydała Grażyna Rutkowska [From the legacy of Antoni Prochaska edited by Grażyna Rutkowska], Warszawa 2005, pp. 204.
3. Metryka czyli album Uniwersytetu Krakowskiego z lat 1509–1551. Biblioteka Jagiellońska rkp. 259 [The Jagiellonian University Metrica or Album for the years 1509–1551. Manuscript 259 of the Jagiellonian Library], ed. A. Gąsiorowski, T. Jurek, I. Skierska, Warszawa, 2010, LVIII + 678 pp. (text and indices) + CD with scans of the manuscript;
4. Szamotulska księga ławnicza [Liber Scabinorum Civitatis Schamotuli] z lat 1567–1579. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Ms. boruss. fol. 1002, ed. A. Gąsiorowski, T. Jurek, I. Skierska, Szamotuły, 2010, 300 pp. + CD with scans of the manuscript;
5. Najstarsza księga promocji Wydziału Sztuk Uniwersytetu Krakowskiego z lat 1402–1541 [The oldest graduation book of the Faculty of Arts of Cracow University for the years 1402–1541], ed. A. Gąsiorowski, T. Jurek, I. Skierska, Warszawa, 2011, 420 pp.
6. A. Kozak, Księga sądowa gnieźnieńskich wikariuszy generalnych Sędka z Czechla i Jana z Brzóstkowa (1449–1453, 1455). Studium źródłoznawcze i edycja krytyczna [A Court Register Kept by Sędek z Czechla and Jan z Brzóstkowa, Vicars General of Gniezno (1449-1453, 1455). A Critical Source Study and Critical Edition], Folia Jagiellonica. Fontes, vol. 12, Poznań 2023, pp. LXXXVI + 522.
7. Iura vicariorum. Kopiariusz kolegium wikariuszy katedry poznańskiej [Iura vicariorum. The Cartulary of the Vicars Choral of Poznań Cathedral], Folia Jagiellonica. Fontes, vol. 18, ed. T. Jurek, Poznań 2023, pp. XLVIII + 816.