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 THE GOTHIC AGE of the Bohemian King, Wenceslaus, the indefatigable pretender Ladislaus Lokietek, having gathered the chivalry of Little Poland round the national standard, succeeded in getting hold of the Polish territory. Still the burgesses of the cities,

being all Germans, were opposed to him, and towards the close of 1311 they even rose in a dangerous insurrection under the leadership of the mayor of Cracow, Albrecht, and called Bolko of Opole (Oppeln) to the throne. But this time the Silesian