Canon Werner von Czettritz’s dispute with St Matthew Monastery in Wrocław – a lawsuit before the Roman Rota and its source documents

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https://doi.org/10.12775/SZ.2020.02

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Roman Rota, St Matthias’ monastery in Wrocław, Brethren (Knights) of the Cross with the Red Star, Werner von Czettritz, auditor’s document, papal delegated judge, Księże Małe

Abstract

The article describes the lawsuit of 1373–1383 between the monastery of St Matthias in Wrocław belonging to the Brethren (Knights) of the Cross with the Red Star and a Wrocław canon Werner von Czettritz over the right to use the Oława River. The suit was first filed before the court in Wrocław, and then, after an appeal, it was brought to the Roman Rota (1375–1383); it has left an outstanding set of written sources. The author discusses the documents related to the lawsuit, both those issued by the Rota (auditors’ documents), and those related to the enforcement proceedings, and he analyses the value of various types of documents from the historian’s perspective.

Author Biography

Marek Daniel Kowalski, Uniwersytet Jagielloński

Marek Daniel Kowalski is a professor of medieval history at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. In 2008–2018, he was also employed at the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences, in the Department of Source Criticism and Editing. He specialises in the history of Polish medieval Church (14th–15th cc.), relationships between Poland and the Holy See, papal diplomatics and papal fiscal system. He is the editor of the documents of papal provenance (14th and 15th cc.).

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2020-12-01

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KOWALSKI, Marek Daniel. Canon Werner von Czettritz’s dispute with St Matthew Monastery in Wrocław – a lawsuit before the Roman Rota and its source documents. Studia Źródłoznawcze. Commentationes. Online. 1 December 2020. Vol. 58, pp. 33-54. [Accessed 4 July 2025]. DOI 10.12775/SZ.2020.02.

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Vol. 58 (2020)

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Rozprawy

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