Crisis at the End of Bolesław II's Reign in Poland (1070s)

Name: Crisis at the End of Bolesław II's Reign in Poland (1070s)
Start: 1077
End: 1079

Type Event Region Europe Time 1077–1079

During his reign Bolesław II expanded Polish power, but in the later 1070s his rule collapsed amid intensifying conflict with the Church and the nobi…

Timeline

1077–1078Kraków · PolandBolesław II and Stanisław, Bishop of Kraków, had long been at odds over land, jurisdiction, and church privileges, and their conflict escalated from court struggles into open confrontation.
1079Skalka near Kraków · PolandIn 1079 Bolesław ordered the execution of Bishop Stanisław; the papacy excommunicated the king, Polish nobles rose in revolt, and the king was forced to give up the throne and flee to Hungary.

Sources

A Concise History of Poland — Jerzy Lukowski and Hubert Zawadzki (2006)