Using chosen examples, the author analyses the meaning of the changes made by Vincent (Wincenty) Kadłubek also known as Master Vincentius, to the tales found in the chronicle of Gallus Anonymus. Nothing much can be said of the literary or oral sources which may have served as a basis for Vincentius's reworking of these stories. A detailed comparison of the corresponding fragments in both chronicles leads us to an understanding of how Vincent understood Gallus's text. Vincent reinforced some meanings gleaned from Gallus, and eliminated others. However, even when building an alternate tale of the childhood of Kazimierz Odnowiciel (Casimir I the Restorer), Vincent always respects the structure of Gallus's account. Keywords:Chronicle of Master Vincentius; Chronicle of Gallus Anonymus; Boleslaus I the Brave; Boleslaus II the Generous; Casimir I the Restorer Odnowiciel Historians have long treated the adaptations of Gallus's tales found in Master Vincentius's chronicle quite one-sidedly. Above all, they focused on one question: does the appearance of details unknown to Gallus demonstrate that Vincent knew more about the events and could relate them with greater freedom? The most famous discussion among Polish medievalists has centred, for over two centuries now, on disputed interpretations of the factum sancti Stanislai.

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