The divided and weakened Polish state in the 13th century was harassed countless times by the invasions of the Tatars, who conquered Kievan Rus in 1240 and stood at the gates of Europe. He went on a crusade to the Holy Land, where he became famous for his piety and bravery during the fights with the Saracens. One of the duke sons was Henryk of Sandomierz. Krzywousty's will entered into force in 1138, beginning a nearly two-century-long fragmentation of the Polish realm. In order to avoid "Game of Throne" level of struggle for power between his sons, duke Bolesław Krzywousty ordered the division of the state between his descendants.The supreme power over the dynasty and lands was to be kept by the eldest of the Piast. The most significant result of congress was raising of Gniezno to the rank of an archbishopric, making Polish Church independent to German. This moment is captured in my build.Ĭongress of Gniezno helped strengthening the position and status of Boleslaw Chrobry who was crowned as first king of Poland in 1025. Otto III gave Bolesław a replica of his Holy Lance, part of the Imperial Regalia, and Bolesław presented the Emperor with a relic - an arm of St. He is patron of Czech Republic and Poland. Bishop Adalbert of Prague was a missionary who was martyred in pagan Prussia. At that time, ruler of Poland was prince Boleslaw Chrobry (Boleslaw the Brave), son of Mieszko I.Įmperor Otto III went on a pilgrimage to St. We continue our journey through ages and stop in year 1000 when Congress of Gniezno happened. Incoming clergy helped education and diplomacy to florish in Poland, that placed it firmly in the sphere of Western European culture, tradition and politics. With Christianity came Latin culture and literacy. It was also important that christianization took place through Bohemian state, not Germany.Ĭhrisitanization is first historically proven event in Polish history. This conversion was a political move, not a spiritual need of Mieszko but it introduced Poland to Christiandom and decrease the likelihood of attacks from Christian states in west and south. He abandoned pagan believes and married Bohemian princess Dobrawa. He decided to accept christianity as a state religion and be baptised in 966. Mieszko I (read it "Mieshko") was ruler of Poland princedom. Later will continue with more and each part will include ten scenes. We will stop at the beginning of it and I hope that Part I itself will form compact and satisfying whole. It will tell the story of Poland entering the Christian world of medieval Europe, Polish social, economic and military development, up to the dominant role in our part of the world in XVIth century, which is being called Golden Age in Polish history. Last week started posting builds from my newest project - History of Poland.įirst part of the project will cover events and will include characters from Xth to early XVIth century.
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