Dagome iudex

[1][2] Although Poland is not mentioned by name, it refers to Dagome and Ote (Mieszko I and his wife, Oda von Haldensleben) and their sons in 991, placing their land (called "Civitas Schinesghe") under the protection of the Apostolic See.

Another interpretation is that "Dagome iudex" is a corruption of "Ego Mesco dux" ("I, Prince Mieszko").

The boundaries of the "Gniezno" state are described as those that extended to the "Long Sea" (the Baltic), Prussia, Rus', Kraków, Moravia and the Oder River.

Between alemura, probably Olomouc and Upper Lusatia region of the Milceni (terra mileze)[a] a straightened border could include Silesia.

Of the other regions and places in Mieszko's territory, it mentioned only Kraków and Lusatia, both without fines (border).

The regions outside Mieszko's rule, pruzze (Prussia) and russe (Ruthenia) were mentioned with the word fines.

Historians suppose that Bolesław's absence from the document might be explained by an old custom whereby children received their inheritance as soon as they reached the age of majority.

Thus, Bolesław the Brave might have received Kraków as his part of his father's legacy before the Dagome iudex was written.

c.^ In classical Latin, the term iudex was used to refer to "a person who is ordered to do some work on behalf of others" and was identical in meaning to the Byzantine archont.