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On Friday, July 30, a debate took place entitled "Piasts - the beginnings of Polish form", devoted to the legacy of the Piasts, the first dynasty on the Polish throne, whose times - the first centuries of the Polish state - are a permanent point of reference for discussions about the roots of Polish identity, culture, politics and the place of religion in the public sphere. We discussed with our interlocutors what we know about this historical period and what actually remains of the Piasts? The following took part in the discussion referring to the 278th issue of Political Theology every Week: Prof. Marek Barański (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw) Prof. Andrzej Marzec (Jagiellonian University in Krakow) Prof. Dariusz Andrzej Sikorski (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań) During the meeting, a competition for the audience with book prizes was held. The competition rules are available at the following link: https://teologiapolityczna.pl/assets/... What is left of the Piasts? What do we know about the beginnings of the Piast state, about events such as the baptism of Poland, the Congress of Gniezno or the conflict between King Bolesław the Brave and Bishop Stanisław, what are the limits of our historical knowledge? What is the experience and legacy of the Piast era associated with for Polish identity, art and culture (including religious culture), politics, understanding of the state and law, international affairs? What was the intertwining of religion and politics in the first centuries of Polish statehood? How was the state and the Piast dynasty viewed after the death of Casimir the Great without legitimate offspring, in the era of elected kings, and how at the time when the history of the country was being constructed by Enlightenment writers, in the era of partitions or in the times of the Polish People's Republic? We ask these and other questions in the issue of the online weekly Teologia Polityczna co Tydzień devoted to the legacy of the Piast dynasty, and we also asked them to our guests during the discussion that took place on July 30. The meeting was held thanks to funding from the Polish History Museum as part of the “Patriotism of Tomorrow” program. Material available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license.