The Period of Division from, A.D., 1138 – A.D., 1314, which included nearly 200 years of feudal fragmentation and which stemmed from Bolesław III's division of Poland among his sons, was the genesis of the social structure which saw the economic elevation of the great landowning feudal nobles (możni/Magnates, both ecclesiastical and lay) from the rycerstwo they originated from. The prior social structure was one of Polish tribes united into the historic Polish nation under a state ruled by the Piast dynasty, this dynasty appearing circa 850 A.D. COUNT 5
QSN1 WHen was the period of Division? ANS1 A.D., 1138 – A.D., 1314 QSN2 What stemmed the period of division? ANS2 Bolesław III's division of Poland among his sons QSN3 What tribe was the prior social structure from? ANS3 Polish QSN4 WHen did the Piast dynasty appear? ANS4 850 A.D. QSN5 Polish nation ruled by what dynasty? ANS5 Piast dynasty,