Genealogia płocka – nowe spojrzenie na źródło małopolskie z drugiej połowy XIII wieku

The Płock Genealogy – a New Interpretation of the Małopolska Source of the Second Half of the Thirteenth Century The aim of the article is to determine when the Płock Genealogy (Genealogia płocka) was created and the content of its ideological message. The text of the work has survived in one of the manuscripts in the library of Płock Charter. The subject of this text is a short description of subsequent generations of the Piast Dynasty from the earliest times to the end of the thirteenth century. This analysis includes establishing the relationship between the manuscript and other existing historical works and annals from up to the mid-fourteenth century, a detailed comparison of the information they contain with existing findings on the genealogy of the Piast Dynasty, as well as a review of the structure of the work.