Miejsca obrad sejmików i zjazdów szlacheckich powiatu nowogródzkiego
Places of Debates of Dietines (Sejmiks) and Other Noble Assemblies of the Nowogródek Poviat

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is the locations in the Nowogrodek (Novgorodok) poviat (district) where noble gatherings were held. This is an important issue as it highlights the role and place of the dietinies (sejmiks) in the political system of the the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Even the Sejm, which was the most important organ of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, did not have its own meeting building, which is all the more evident in the organization of local noble assemblies. So we are dealing with the adaptation of the existing possibilities to the requirements of sejmik life. The article also touches upon another issue concerning the organization of dietinies (sejmiks) and other meetings of the Nowogrodek poviat (district) nobility. The history of the Nowogrodek dietinies (sejmiks) is an example of a case in which the nobility themselves, from the very beginning of the sejmik allocated quarters for sejmik and noble self-government spaces, building sejmik and court rooms for themselves. This is one of the few such examples in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and a sign of the great maturity of the Nowogrodek nobility. Consequently, this example is included in broadly understood legal archeology.

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