Jak w Krakowie podejmowano Zygmunta Luksemburskiego

Abstract

HOW SIGISMUND OF LUXEMBOURG WAS RECEIVED IN KRAKÓW

In the printed itineraries of Sigismund of Luxembourg, one of the most influential European monarchs at the turn of the 15th century, only two of his stays in Kraków had been found: in 1383 (during his return from Kuyavia, where he campaigned against Prince Siemowit of Masovia) and in 1424 (during the coronation ceremonies of Władysław II Jagiełło’s fourth wife, Sonka Holszańska). This article shows that Sigismund was present in the capital city of the Kingdom of Poland twice more: in 1382, when, as a candidate for the crown, he was introduced to Polish affairs by Louis I of Anjou and travelled with the Archbishop of Gniezno Bodzęta to Greater Poland, and in 1399, when he came to a meeting with Władysław Jagiełło, during which the regulation of Polish-Teutonic relations and the status of the New March were probably discussed. The article complements the political biography of Sigismund, but also expands our knowledge about the attitudes of Krakow’s burghers in the era of the interregnum following the death of Louis the Great, and about the arrivals of monarchs into cities, as well as about the municipal authorities using these occasions to enhance the prestige of their cities.