The ruler and his stronghold in Cosmas’ Chronicle and in the account of the chronicler’s continuator, the Vyšehrad Canon

The goal of this article is to show the narration contexts in which a medieval author set strongholds by referring to the following terms: oppidum, castrum or urbs, castellum, possibly civitas. I highlight the frequency with which selected medieval writers mentioned one centre or another. In the article I ponder a question if selected chroniclers’ narrations could indicate a regularity which helps to establish the function performed by a stronghold for the benefit of its ruler accounted most frequently.

Panovník a jeho hradiště v Kosmově kronice a v podání jeho pokračovatele, Kanovníka Vyšehradského