The Code of Krzysztof Żórawski

Abstract

The article entitled The Code of Krzysztof Żórawski depicts the publication, layout, legal value and characterisation of the private collection of the canon K. Żórawski edited by two canon lawyers Stanisław Chodyński and Edward Likowski. The collection was organised into five books, according to the pattern laid down by Pope Gregory IX's Decretals of 1234. It takes into account a vast legal material of the two church provinces ordered in a systematic way.

Moreover, it shows the situation of the Church and the nation against the background of authentic legal documents, using the then sources and historical literature. The codification of the can. Krzysztof Żórawski is a very good study of the church sources of the Polish law and the history of the nation. The code can be treated as a basis of the studies on the history of the church and Polish law.