Editing Polonization (section)

=== Royal Prussia ===
Since Teutonic times the language of the Prussian elite and administration has been German. This did not change after the incorporation into the kingdom of Poland. It was only from the beginning of the 16th century that the role of the Polish language began to increase. Since 1527 there have been complaints from representatives of large cities that some council members use Polish, although they know German. In 1555, a canon of [[Gniezno]] delivered a speech to the Prussian Sejm in Polish, without the help of an interpreter. In the second half of the 16th century, royal decrees were issued in Polish, debates in the Landtag were held in Polish. Great Prussian families Polonized their names: the Baysen to Bażyński; the Zehmen to Cema; the Dameraw to [[Działyński]], and the Mortangen to Mortęski, the Kleinfelds to Krupocki.<ref>Tazbir, Janusz. "The polonization of Christianity in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries." Studies in Church History Subsidia 6 (1990): 117-135.</ref>