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| | WHKMLA : History of Poland - Christianization |
 | | Son BOLESLAV THE BOLD grasped power and subjugated the Wislans, Slezans, Opolans and Golensitians, which until then were subject to Bohemia. |
 | | Crookedmouth (1138), the SENIORATE CONSTITUTION weakened the Polish state, as it was partitioned among the brothers, the eldest being regarded the head of the family. |
 | | Boleslav II., by the acquisition of the relics of ST. ADALBERT, was able to elevate GNIESZNO into an ecclesiastic centre, and the city's designation as seat of Poland's ARCHBISHOPRIC in 1000 meant the establishment of an independent Polish church organization, a step critical for Poland's political independence. |
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