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The article analyses the significance of ritual activities undertaken by both sides of the strife between Boleslaw the Bald, duke of Legnica, and Tomasz I, bishop of Wroclaw which took place in the mid-13th century. It shows that capturing Tomasz in October 1256 Boleslaw intended not only to enforce the payment of ransom and resignation from privileges received from him earlier, but also wanted to...