
Gdzie walczył i jak miał na imię brat Mieszka I?
Author(s) -
Michał Łuczyński
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
lingvaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2392-1226
pISSN - 1896-2122
DOI - 10.12797/lv.11.2016.22.11
Subject(s) - brother , battle , german , art , history , ancient history , law , political science , archaeology
Where did the brother of Mieszko I fight and what was his name?
The paper is an attempt to decipher the name of the brother of Mieszko I and place name where battle with german duke Hodon took place in 972, mentioned in Thietmar of Merseburg’s chronicle. They are only known from a single MLat. inscription as Cidebur, and from its Latinized form as Cidini. In an author’s view they should be delatinized as Siecebor and Sitno (Sitna). Based on a substition and transcription analysis, the author formulates a hypothesis concerning the location and progress of the battle.