Coronation of Bolesław the Brave

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Bolesław was big and heavy, he could barely sit on a horse, but he had a sharp mind. In 1025 – probably at Easter – on his own order and without the Pope's consent, Polish bishops crowned him king. The stature of the Polish ruler was briefly and accurately characterized by one of the Ruthenian chroniclers. The mention of the coronation was already made by Paweł Jasienica, who The article Chrobry means brave – a thousand years of the first royal …