| Popis: |
The questions put forward in the article were the following: What was the legal status of women of the knightly class during the period of feudal fragmentation in the Cracow-Sandomierz Duchy, and what was the fate of these women? The conclusions were drawn on the basis of documents written in Little Poland during the period under discussion in which women were mentioned. They appeared in the documents most often together with their husbands or as widows granting charters mainly for the benefit of Church, or they were mentioned with regard to the matters that concerned them. In light of the known documents, it should be concluded that there was a possibility of women disposing of their property in the province of Cracow and Sandomierz during the period of feudal fragmentation. Some women appear in several documents that usually concerned the same issue. |
