Ritual and Politics East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450–1450 General Editor Florin Curta VOLUME 3 Ritual and Politics Writing the History of a Dynastic Confl ict in Medieval Poland By Zbigniew Dalewski LEIDEN • BOSTON 2008 Cover illustration: Th e three kings and before Herod, a miniature from the Codex Aureas (Złotego Kodeksu Pułtuskiego - rkps 1207, k. 17). With kind permission of Fundacja XX Czartoryskich, Muzeum Narodowym w Karkowie, Crakow, Poland. Th is book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dalewski, Zbigniew. Ritual and politics : writing the history of a dynastic confl ict in medieval Poland / by Zbigniew Dalewski. p. cm. -- (East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; v. 3) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-16657-8 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Political customs and rites--Poland--History. 2. Poland--Politics and government--To 1572. I. Title. GN492.3.D35 2008 306.209438--dc22 2008005745 ISSN 1872-8103 ISBN 978 90 04 16657 8 Copyright 2008 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, Th e Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to Th e Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. printed in the ne ther lands CONTENTS Acknowledgements .............................................................................. vii Abbreviations ........................................................................................ ix Introduction .......................................................................................... 1 Chapter One Advent .................................................................... 13 Chapter Two Submission and reconciliation ............................ 41 Chapter Th ree Penance .................................................................. 85 Chapter Four Oath ........................................................................ 135 Conclusion ............................................................................................ 189 Bibliography .......................................................................................... 195 Index ...................................................................................................... 213 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many people have contributed to this book. In the course of writing it I had opportunities to discuss the idea of this project with my colleagues in the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences. For these discussions, sometimes very stormy, which allowed me to lo ok at my text from another perspective and think s ome issues thr ough again I would like to thank all those who participated in them, especially Halina Manikowska, H anna Z aremska, Wojciech Brojer, S tanisław B ylina Roman Michałowski. I would also like to thank Jacek Banaszkiewicz, who read a part of the manuscript and made stimulating comments. Th e discussions with him prove always fruitful. I also benefi ted a lot from the discussions with János M. Bak, Dušan Třeštík and Gerd Althoff , who enabled me to visit the Institut für Frühmittelalterforschung in Münster as well. Besides the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences several other institutions have supported my research and writing. Th e Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme awarded me a research fellowship which made my stay in Paris possible. Th e Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaft en, the British Academy and the H istorický ustav Akademie vĕd České republiki gave grants allowing me to carry out research in Vienna, London and Prague, respec- tively. Without their support this book could not have been written. I would also like to thank Piotr Górecki who recommended my book to be included in B rill’s series East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages. I a m very grateful to him. And last b y no me ans least I want to thank my family – my wife Małgorzata and my sons Aleksander and Tomasz. I thank them for everything. ABBREVIATIONS MGH – Monumenta Germaniae Historica SSrG – Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separatim editi SSrG n. s. – Scriptoter rerum Germanicarum, Nova series SS – Scriptores MPH – Monumenta Poloniae Historica n. s. – Nova Series