Monty Python's Guide to Polish Genealogy
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Episode 1 |
How to recognize different types of Poles from quite a long way away
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Class |
Sub-class |
Style 16th-17th c. |
Style 18th-19th c. |
Description |
Offices |
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szlachcic (nobleman) |
magnat, możnowładca (magnate, lord) |
wielmożny (magnificus) |
jaśnie wielmożny (illustrissimus ac magnificus) |
owner of a town and/or several villages |
senatorial offices |
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posesjonat (landowner, gentry) |
urodzony (generosus) |
wielmożny (magnificus) |
owner of at least one village |
county offices |
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szlachcic zagrodowy, "szarak" (farm owner, "grey", low-end) |
szlachetny (nobilis) |
urodzony (generosus) |
owner of a small part of a village, cultivating the land himself |
none |
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"gołota" ("naked", landless) |
szlachetny (nobilis) |
urodzony (generosus) |
doing some work for others |
none |
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mieszczanin (burgher) |
patrycjusz (patrician) |
godny (spectabilis) |
szlachetny (nobilis) |
wealthy merchant, owner of several houses |
mayor, city council |
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obywatel (citizen, civis) |
zacny (honoratus) |
godny (spectabilis) |
owner of one house within the city walls |
mayor, city council |
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rzemieślnik cechowy (guild craftsman) |
sławetny (famatus, famosus) |
sławetny (famatus, famosus) |
Member of a guild, living within the city walls |
guild offices |
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plebeusz (plebean) |
opatrzny (providus, circumspectus) |
sławetny (famatus, famosus) |
poor craftsman working in a master's workshop |
none |
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podmieszczanin (sub-burgher) |
uczciwy (honestus) |
uczciwy (honestus) |
living outside the city walls |
none |
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partacz (non-guild craftsman) |
uczciwy (honestus) |
uczciwy (honestus) |
village craftsman |
none |
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chłop (peasant) |
kmieć (full farmer, cmetho) |
pracowity (laboriosus) |
pracowity (laboriosus) |
working on 1 łan of land |
sołtys (scultetus) |
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półkmieć (half farmer, semi-cmetho) |
pracowity (laboriosus) |
pracowity (laboriosus) |
working on 1/2 łan of land |
none |
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zagrodnik (garden farmer, hortulanus) |
pracowity (laboriosus) |
pracowity (laboriosus) |
working on a small piece of land near the house |
none |
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chałupnik (house owner) |
pracowity (laboriosus) |
pracowity (laboriosus) |
living in his house, working for other peasants |
none |
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komornik, k±tnik (living in someone else's house, inquilinus, famulus) |
pracowity (laboriosus) |
pracowity (laboriosus) |
working for other peasants |
none |
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