Sejmiki zwoływane sposobem wojewódzkim jako szczególna forma samorządu stanowego w Wielkim Księstwie Litewskim

• Authors: Oskar Kanecki

Title variants

EN

Regional councils summoned within provinces as a special form of state self-government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

A particularly difficult time for the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the period of interreg- num following the death of Zygmunt August. It led to the introduction of special forms of gatherings by the nobility. Summoning regional councils within provinces allowed for speeding up the decision-making process, which at the time was necessary. It was also a convenient way for the dominant elites of that period (the magnates) to control the nobil- ity. It was an original contribution of Lithuania to the form of the regional council of no- bility, which was adopted from the Kingdom of Poland. The Regional Council of Vilnius, held in the said form, was sometimes taking decisions applicable for the whole country.

Keywords

PL

Wielkie Księstwo Litewskie, sejmiki szlacheckie, bezkrólewie, zgroma- dzenie szlacheckie, samorząd stanowy.

EN

Grand Duchy of Lithuania, regional councils of nobility, interregnum, gath- ering of nobility, state self-government.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
• Journal: Miscellanea Historico-Iuridica
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 85-94

Dates

published

2019-11-28

Contributors

author

Oskar Kanecki