Horodlo Union and the formation of the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the assessment of contemporary historiography

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Keywords:

nobility, boyars, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Kingdom of Poland, Union of Horodlo, heraldic adoption, historiography

Abstract

The article analyses achievements of contemporary historiography in the study of the role and significance of the Gorodel Union of 1413 in the formation of the gentry class of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The key subjects of scientific research of Polish, Lithuanian, Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian historians are identified. It is emphasised that these subjects, as a rule, are not an independent historiographical problem and act as part of a broader research discussion about the causes and results of the Union of 1413 in the system of relations between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland. In conclusion, it is noted that despite the differences in the interpretation of a number of specific issues, researchers generally agree in the statement that the acts of the Gorodel Union and the heraldic adoption, both in their content and in their consequences, are one of the key stages in the process of forming the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Author Biography

  • Natalia V. Kozlovskaya, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, 22 Ažeška Street, Hrodna 230023, Belarus

    PhD (history), docent; associate professor at the department of sociology and special sociological disciplines, faculty of history, communication and tourism

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2021-05-19

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No. 2 (2021): Journal of the Belarusian State University. History

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Kozlovskaya, N.V. 2021. Horodlo Union and the formation of the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the assessment of contemporary historiography. Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 2 (May 2021), 61–73. DOI:https://doi.org/10.33581/2520-6338-2021-2-61-73.