Editing Casimir III the Great (section)

==Society under the reign of Casimir==
[[Image:Wiec Kazimierz Wielki.jpg|thumb|''[[Veche#Poland|Wiec]]'' in reign of Casimir the Great]]

Casimir was facetiously named "the Peasants' King". He introduced the codes of law of Greater and Lesser Poland as an attempt to end the overwhelming superiority of the nobility. During his reign all three major classes — the nobility, priesthood, and bourgeoisie — were more or less counterbalanced, allowing Casimir to strengthen his monarchic position. He was known for siding with the weak when the law did not protect them from nobles and clergymen. He reportedly even supported a peasant whose house had been demolished by his own mistress, after she had ordered it to be pulled down because it disturbed her enjoyment of the beautiful landscape.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

His popularity with the peasants helped to rebuild the country, as part of the reconstruction program was funded by a land tax paid by the lower social class.<ref name="Dobrawski 2016 37"/>