Studies on Late Medieval Gdansk discusses Gdansk (Danzig), a city whose governing authorities changed in the 15th century, with Polish kings replacing the Teutonic Knights.
Studies on Late Medieval Gdansk discusses Gdansk (Danzig), a city whose governing authorities changed in the 15th century, with Polish kings replacing the Teutonic Knights. Located on the Baltic Sea, the town was home to around twenty to thirty thousand people, many of whom made their living working at sea. The world of wealthy patricians intertwined with that of ordinary residents of Gdansk. Sometimes conflicts and rivalries arose with close neighbours from Royal Prussia or distant ones from Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Devoted to various aspects of maritime life – including navigation, shipbuilding, disasters, and pirate attacks – the chapters in this book discuss issues such as the import of multiple goods and luxury items. They also analyze the fates of individual Gdansk skippers sailing to England, Spain, and even Iceland. Other protagonists are nobles, mayors and magistrates, and they are also women who tried to influence the reality around them despite legal restrictions.
This book will appeal to students and scholars alike interested in the social and maritime history of Gdansk.
Chapter 1:
A glimpse into the history of the Gdask fleet in the 15th century
B. Moejko, Z dziejów floty gdaskiej w XV wieku, Z dziejów floty gdaskiej w
XV wieku, Studia z Dziejów redniowiecza, nr 11, Komturzy, rajcy, upani, ,
ed. Baej liwiski, (Malbork, Muzeum Zamkowe w Malborku, 2005), s. 165-200
Chapter 2:
Late medieval sea voyages of Gdask citizens to Western Europe: a
preliminary survey of the evidence-
B. Moejko, Morskie podróe pónoredniowiecznych gdaszczan do Zachodniej
Europy- wstpne rozeznanie materiau, w : Samotrze, w kompanii czy z
orszakiem? Spoeczne aspekty podróowania w redniowieczu i w czasach
nowoytnych, ed. Monika Saczyska, Ewa Wókiewicz, (Warszawa : Instytut
Archeologii i Etnologii PAN, Niemiecki Instytut Historyczny w Warszawie,
2012), s. 217-228
Chapter 3:
The maritime misadventures of Gdask shipmaster Johann Tolk in the first half
of the 15th century. An unlucky skipper or the fate of many?
B. Moejko, Morskie przypadki gdaskiego szypra Johanna Tolka w pierwszej
poowie XV wieku. Pechowy szyper czy los wielu?, w : Stilo et animo. Prace
historyczne ofiarowane Tomaszowi Jasiskiemu w 65 rocznic urodzin, eds
Maciej Dorna and all, (Pozna: Wydawnictwo UAM, 2016), s. 271-80
Chapter 4:
Danzigers: skipper Erik Keding and merchant Peter Struwe and their dispute
with the English
B. Moejko, Gdaszczanie : szyper Erik Keding i kupiec Peter Struwe w sporze
z Anglikami, w: Pomierania et alia. Opuscula Joachimo Zdrenka Dedicata, eds.
Joanna Karczewska, Marceli Tureczek, (Toru: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszaek,
2017), s. 125-138.
Chapter 5:
List of losses suffered by shipmaster Bernard Rok in 1469
B. Moejko, Lista strat szypra Bernarda Roka z 1469 r., w: Gdaskie Studia z
dziejów redniowiecza, nr 8 : Kopijnicy, szyprowie, tenutariusze, ed. Baej
liwiski,(Gdask: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdaskiego, Officina Ferberiana,
2002) s. 315-324.
Chapter 6:
Gdask skipper Heinrich Schroeder and the Spanish pirates. A maritime episode
of the late 15th-century,
B. Moejko, Gdaski szyper Henryk Schroeder i hiszpaski korsarz. Epizod
morski z koca XV wieku, w: Gdaskie Studia z Dziejów redniowiecza, nr 9 :
Biskupi, lennicy, eglarze, ed. Baej liwiski, (Gdask: Wydawnictwo
Uniwersytetu Gdaskiego , WiM, 2003), s. 369-382.
Chapter 7:
Late medieval pilgrimages: a survey of the sources from Gdask
B. Moejko, Materia ródowy z Gdaska do dziejów pónoredniowiecznych
pielgrzymek- rekonesans badawczy, w : Studia z dziejów redniowiecza, nr 15,
Pielgrzymi, pogrobowcy, prebendarze, ed. Baej liwiski, (Malbork:
Wydawnictwo Zamkowe w Malborku, 2009), s. 107-130.
Chapter 8:
An iconographic source for the history of artillery in the latter half of the
15th century
B. Moejko, Ikonograficzne ródo do historii artylerii w drugiej poowie XV
wieku, Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej , 48 /3-4 (2000), s. 171-176
Chapter 9:
Oranges in Gdask in the early 16th century
B. Moejko, O pomaraczach z Gdaska na pocztku XVI wieku , w : Silesia
Polonia-Europa. Studia historyczne dedykowane Profesorowi Idziemu Panicowi,
ed. Jerzy Sperka, Katowice-Bielsko-Biaa 2019, s. 321-330
Chapter 10:
Ivashko Dovoynovich, starosta of Bielsk, and his wife Anna in a dispute with
the burghers of Gdansk. Untapped sources for investigating the mentality of
the nobility
B. Moejko, Starosta bielski Iwaszko Dowojnowicz w sporze z mieszczanami
gdaskimi. Nieznane róda do bada nad mentalnoci szlacheck i bielsk
hierarchi urzdnicz, w: Spoeczestwo Polski redniowiecznej, t. 8, ed.
Stefan. K. Kuczyskiego, (Warszawa: DiG, 1999), s. 207-218
Chapter 11:
The crime of Father Jan Sarnowski of the Godziba coat of arms: circumstances
surrounding the death in Gdask of city magistrate Paul Dormheyn in 1481
B. Moejko, Zbrodnia ksidza Jana Sarnowskiego herbu Godzieba w Gdansku.
Okolicznoci mierci awnika gdaskiego Pawa Dormheyna w 1481 roku, w:
Gdaskie Studia z dziejów redniowiecza, nr 6, Ksita, urzdnicy,
zoczycy, ed. Baeja liwiskiego, (Gdask: Officina Ferberian, 1999), s.
133-
146.
Chapter 12:
Agnieszka Zarembówna, Sebastian Legendorf and the starostwo of Gniew,
14891504. The dispute over the starostwo of Gniew and Gdasks involvement
in it.
B. Moejko, Agnieszka Zarembówna i Sebastian Legendorf a starostwo gniewskie
w latach 1489-1504, w: Spoeczestwo Polski redniowiecznej, t. 11, ed.
Stefan K. Kuczyski, (Warszawa :DiG, 2007), s. 227-249 .
Chapter 13:
The turbulent backdrop to the engagement of Anna Pilemann and Maurycy Ferber
B. Moejko, To burzliwej historii zarczyn Anny Pilemann i Maurycego
Ferbera, w:
Kobiety o kobietach. Studia i szkice . redniowiecze i czasy nowoytne, ed.
Wioletta Zawitkowska, (Rzeszów: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego,
2010), s. 105-117
Beata Moejko is Professor of History at the University of Gdask, specialising in medieval history and the auxiliary sciences of history. She is the author of over 170 papers, articles, and monographs, including Peter von Danzig. The story of Great Caravel 1462-1475 (2020), and the editor or co-editor of several books, including (with Anna Paulina Orowska and Leslie Carr-Riegel) Networking in Late Medieval Central Europe. Friends, Families, Foes (2023). She is a member of the Bureau of the Committee on Historical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2020-2023 and 2024-2027) and of the Committee of Gdaska Encyklopedia (Gedanopedia).
