TY - JOUR AU - Czaplicka-Jedlikowska, Maria PY - 2021/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - First names of the Bernardines of Bydgoszcz and universalist values of the Old Polish culture JF - Prace Językoznawcze JA - PJUWM VL - 23 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.31648/pj.6580 UR - https://czasopisma.uwm.edu.pl/index.php/pj/article/view/6580 SP - 155-167 AB - <p>The article aims at determining whether it is possible, on the basis of the register<br />of first names of the Bernardines of Bydgoszcz, to draw some conclusions concerning the<br />elements of spiritual culture of a given age, and to find out if names of the Bernardines<br />of Bydgoszcz reflect the values of their personal and religious life in the Old Polish age.<br />The tradition of giving names is a testimony of the centuries-long process which leads<br />to the evolvement of each nation’s spiritual culture, which in turn becomes a non-material<br />cultural heritage. The collection of the analysed first names was derived from the<br />Bernardines’ chronicle, which covers the period from the end of the 15th century to the<br />beginning of the 18th century.</p> ER -