Urszula Sowina

• Professor
• Polish Academy of Sciences

Neighbourhoods constitute a basic element of social and spatial town structure. Yet, only few studies in historical urban research attempt to define and contextualize them. In this paper, we show formation, existence and evolution of neighbourhoods in medieval chartered towns in Central Europe using archaeological, architectural and written sources...

In order to present the subject of this article, I have chosen the version of Ius municipale by Paweł Szczerbic, who was a lawyer practicing in Lviv and Cracow in the 16th century. The version published in 1581, in the Old Polish language, contains the largest amount of information about the woman’s trousseau in comparison with the earlier statutes...

Artykuł dotyczy przede wszystkim rzeczy przeznaczonych na sprzedaż, a spisanych w krakowskich inwentarzach mienia ruchomego. Można je podzielić na dwie główne grupy. Pierwszą były wyroby własne, będące efektem produkcji danego rzemieślnika, powstałe z surowców i materiałów lub półproduktów zakupywanych przez niego, a więc dla niego również będących...

The book describes the functions of water in Polish towns from the late Middle Ages to the beginning of the Early-Modern Era against a wide European background. It presents the issue of water supply in the context of the town as a complex social and economic organism, taking into account social relations, administration and power as well as living...