Acknowledgments
I would like to express my sincere thanks to the persons whose advice, expertise and kindness have constantly accompanied me during the preparation of the edition.
Many thanks to Dr. Wiktor Dziemski for reviewing the Latin edition with the source base, as well as my translation of the Latin text. I am very grateful to Anna Kijak who peer-reviewed the introduction and the English translation of Ius municipale Magdeburgense. My sincere thanks go to Dr. Tomasz Kolowca, with whom I consulted the wordings of old Polish words. Thanks to them, I was able to avoid many errors, nevertheless I take full responsibility for any remaining defects and imperfections. I am very grateful to the staff of the archives and the libraries. Thanks to their kindness I was able to considerably speed up the examination of the copies of the Commune incliti Poloniae Regni privilegium. In particular, I would like to thank Wojciech GraÅ. His expert knowledge enabled me to identify about 20 copies of this early printed book.
I would like to thank Professors Krzysztof Fokt and Maciej Zdanek, with whom I was able to consult my doubts concerning the Latin texts.
Last but not least, I am deeply grateful to Professor Piotr S. Górecki for his friendly support, fruitful discussions and an incredible help in finalising the English translation.