01-04-2021, 06:31 PM
One additional brief comment on my document that I just uploaded and posted above:
For those who do not speak or read Polish but who may be curious about some of the references mentioned in the footnotes and in the glossary, "Śląsk Cieszyński" and "Górny Śląsk" mean Cieszyn Silesian and Upper Silesian. These particular words and phrases in my interpretation appear to be similar to certain Silesian dialectal forms rather than standard Polish proper. As some readers may know, Silesia is a historical region of which part is located in modern southern Poland and part is located in the historical Czech land of Czech Silesia. Some consider the Silesian language to be a dialect of Polish, while others consider it to be a distinct language. Of course, the linguistic situation may have been different in the early 15th century.
Geoffrey
For those who do not speak or read Polish but who may be curious about some of the references mentioned in the footnotes and in the glossary, "Śląsk Cieszyński" and "Górny Śląsk" mean Cieszyn Silesian and Upper Silesian. These particular words and phrases in my interpretation appear to be similar to certain Silesian dialectal forms rather than standard Polish proper. As some readers may know, Silesia is a historical region of which part is located in modern southern Poland and part is located in the historical Czech land of Czech Silesia. Some consider the Silesian language to be a dialect of Polish, while others consider it to be a distinct language. Of course, the linguistic situation may have been different in the early 15th century.
Geoffrey