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Liturgia śląskich kanoników regularnych w średniowieczu

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In Medieval Silesia there were two convents o f the Canons Regular: in Wrocław and in Żagań. Their mother-monastery was the abbey in Arrovaise (Flanders). As every order, the Canons Regular had theirs own liturgical customs, in this case borrowed from Arrovai.se. These customs were practised in Silesia at least until the second h alf o f the 14th century, when they started to resemble m ore and m ore the diocesans practices. This phenomenon was particularly noticeable in the 15th century. A t that time, on one hand, we deal with the introduction of the inner-convents reforms, which aimed to elaborate the new statutes. On the other, we also deal with the willingness to enhance the liturgy by the establishment o f the order o f the Mass, introduction o f the solemn processions, popularization o f the new rites, the practice o f preaching for people or — as in the case o f Żagań — the acceptation of popular songs and events. These and the like innovations did not gain a generał approval, what is testified by the monastic chronicles.