Inclusion and exclusion. Intercultural relationships in Old Warsaw in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in light of the municipal registers

Old Warsaw's municipal registers reveal that ethnic and religious identifiers carried distinct legal and social significance. Terms like 'Judeus' denoted both religious affiliation and a specific legal status, while 'Ruthenus' served a similar function, but 'Litwanus' and 'Almanus' lacked such importance. The study highlights how these designations reflected common perceptions of other groups among the town's population, rather than formal legal distinctions. This analysis sheds light on intercultural relationships in 15th- and 16th-century Warsaw, demonstrating that seemingly analogous nicknames had varying meanings and weight depending on context.

Bartoszewicz, A. (2022). Inclusion and exclusion. Intercultural relationships in Old Warsaw in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in light of the municipal registers. Networking in Late Medieval Central Europe, 64–76. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003278511-6