https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.2704
The article entitled “Participation in the Sejm Debate of 1607. The Nobility’s Attitudes Towards Parliamentary Authority” analyzes attendance at parliamentary debates and the legitimization of parliamentary proceedings. Under the agreement concluded with the rebels on 7 October 1606 in Janowiec, King Zygmunt III undertook to call the Parliament in Warsaw on the earliest possible date to compare the Sandomierz Articles formulated by the rebels with the Articles of Wiślica proposed by the Royalists and to adopt the necessary reforms. The opposition took advantage of the King’s delay in convening the Parliament and used it as a pretext to reinstate the confederation. The opposition called a congressional rally in Jędrzejów when the king had finally set the date for the parliamentary session. Despite the above, the rebels incited a boycott of local councils that were to convene before the parliamentary debate. However, only the nobility in the Cracow region refused to attend the provincial council. Attendance at the convention in Jędrzejów (28 March – 26 April) was low, and the rebels began a slow march towards Warsaw. Emissaries traveled between the Parliament and the rebels throughout May and in the first half of June. The envoys did not attempt to convince the other party, but they were dispatched in a gesture of good will to the nobility. The rebels lost the struggle.
Download files
Citation rules
Język Polski
English
Deutsch
