ABSTRACT
Disasters have also included wars and social or political storms, whose violent course has significantly affected the functioning of urban communities. Analysis of crisis events in Głogów (Glogau) in Lower Silesia showed that political and social disasters often had longer-term effects on the functioning of urban communities. The originally strong position of the Głogów town hall in the power structure of the duchy was irrevocably undermined by the extinction of the old princely dynasty of the Piast dynasty. The rapid succession of princes from various families (Jagiellons, Hunyads, etc.) led to the destruction of the political climate that accompanied the rise to power of the local nobility. The events of 1488 and 1493 took an extreme form, and some of the councillors were plagued by hunger. Internal calm was restored through the use of an understandable medieval tool called deditio, i.e. a ritual “friendly” solution to a disputed border (conflict) situation, but the towns, led by Głogów, lost political influence to the nobility.
