Spory i procesy graniczne w dobrach klasztoru szczyrzyckiego za rządów opata Piotra Borowskiego i Joachima Cieniawskiego w latach 1565-1607

The Cistercians of Szczyrzyc were committed for centuries to taking good care of the estate their monastery had been endowed with by Teodor Gryfita. Not only did they try to prevent it from being grabbed away by malevolent neighbours, but gradually added to it through acquisitions as well. A number of disputes, particularly over land, flared up in the second half of the 16 th century and the beginning of the 17 th century, under the rule of two Abbots – Piotr III Borowski (1565-1590) and Joachim Cieniawski (1592-1607). Both acted with much prudence and foresight to protect the estate from fraudulent neighbours, not hesitating to resort to legal action in order to establish their rights. They sought to modernise the monastery in economic terms. They legally secured it with meticulously collected documentation confirming endowments as well as all acquired or alienated property. No wonder, then, it was included among monasteries subject to the so-called Command.