The Speakers of the Poznań and Kalisz Voivodeships Regional Assembly in 1733—1763. Preliminary Overview Cover Image

Marszałkowie sejmiku województw poznańskiego i kaliskiego w latach 1733—1763. Próba charakterystyki
The Speakers of the Poznań and Kalisz Voivodeships Regional Assembly in 1733—1763. Preliminary Overview

Author(s): Tomasz Kościański
Subject(s): Political history, 18th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: the Poznań Voivodeship; the Kalisz Voivodeship; Środa; regional assembly; speakers of the regional assemblies

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to conduct a preliminary overview of the Speakers of the Poznań and Kalisz Voivodeships Regional Assembly (sejmik) during the reign of Augustus III. The nobility of Poznań and Kalisz Voivodeships of those times met at eighty-five assemblies, but there exist records of only thirty-three speakers. Due to the fact that some of the aforementioned speakers were elected more than once, the article presents the figures of twenty-four individuals total, who accounted for a sample of the regional elite of the Greateer Poland.

  • Issue Year: 17/2017
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 41-69
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Polish
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