Lublin Union in the context of narrative minimalism and legal historical contents in the end of 16th – the first half of 17th century

  • Vitali V. Halubovich Grodno State Agrarian University, 28 Cieraškovaj Street, Hrodna 230008, Belarus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33581/2520-6338-2019-2-22-30

Abstract

The article analyzes the information about Lublin 1569 Union from the narrative and documentary sources that date back to the reign of the first monarchs of Vasa dynasty. The author defines main contexts of the term «union» use in the sejm constitutions and documentation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania congresses. The direct correlation between the estimates of the Union at different levels of state representative institutions of the Commonwealth is revealed. The Lublin Sejm of 1569 was a key event in the history of Eastern Europe, but in the historical works (chronicles and annals) of the second half of 16th – early 17th century information about it and its decisions are concise and general. At the end of 16th – the first half of 17th century the memory of Lublin Union was not mainly broadcast by narrative channels. In keeping the memory about 1569 events legal deeds and state institutions decisions were of considerable importance. The result of the state union with Poland was the approval of the public law standards that could not be ignored by any representative of the so-called political people of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the following centuries. The author maintains that as a whole the Grand Duchy of Lithuania gentry did not question the correctness of the 1569 choice, took and defended «Lublin myth», as under those conditions it had more benefits than losses.

Author Biography

Vitali V. Halubovich, Grodno State Agrarian University, 28 Cieraškovaj Street, Hrodna 230008, Belarus

PhD (history), docent; associate professor at the department of social sciences, faculty of accounting

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Published
2019-04-16
Keywords: Lublin Union, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, state, chronicle, gentry, constitution, sejm, congress, law, deed
How to Cite
Halubovich V. V. Lublin Union in the context of narrative minimalism and legal historical contents in the end of 16th – the first half of 17th century // Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 2019. 2. PP. 22-30.
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No 2 (2019): Journal of the Belarusian State University. History
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