THE INFLUENCE OF RENAISSANCE HUMANISM ON THE LEGAL IDEAS OF TOWNSPEOPLE IN THE RUTHENIAN LANDS OF CROWN POLAND BETWEEN THE FIFTEENTH AND THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
THE INFLUENCE OF RENAISSANCE HUMANISM ON THE LEGAL IDEAS OF TOWNSPEOPLE IN THE RUTHENIAN LANDS OF CROWN POLAND BETWEEN THE FIFTEENTH AND THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Author(s): Tetiana HoshkoSubject(s): History of Law, Political history, Social history, 15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Renaissance humanism; legal ideas; townspeople; Magdeburg law; Ruthenian lands of Crown Poland; Bartłomiej Groicki; Paweł Szczerbic; written law; vernacular languages;
Summary/Abstract: Between the fifteenth and the mid-seventeenth cen- tury, Renaissance humanism influenced the legal ideas of educated strata in the Kingdom of Poland, including educated burghers. The article examines this process mainly on the example of towns in the Ruthenian lands of the Polish Crown. The result of this influence was several relatively new ideas reflected in legal treatises of this time, written mainly by lawyers from the townspeo- ple, and in other sources: about the clarity and comprehensibility of law for ordinary people, the need to use the vernacular in legal texts, the uncondi- tional supremacy of law, etc. The acquaintance of the townspeople with legal literature contributed to the spread of these ideas.
Journal: Roczniki Dziejów Społecznych i Gospodarczych
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 85
- Page Range: 7-46
- Page Count: 40
- Language: English
