Królewski dokument rozejmu ze Świdrygiełłą z 20 VIII 1431 roku
The royal document of armistice with Švitrigaila of 20 August 1431

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to publish the document, so far unedited in its entirety, of the so-called Armistice of Łuck, dated 20 August 1431 and issued by King Władysław Jagiełło. Its guarantors were seventeen Polish barons, present with the king at the time. The truce was to last until 26 August and made it possible to complete the negotiations putting an end to the Polish-Lithuanian war in Volhynia (the so-called War of Łuck). As a result of the negotiations, another armistice document was issued in Czartorysk by Švitrigaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1 September 1431), and of another one a day later (2 September) by King Władysław Jagiełło.The so-called Armistice of Czartorysk made the truce last for over two years (until 24 June 1433).The document of Władysław Jagiełło of 20 August 1431 was presented to the other negotiating side and later housed in the archive of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, where it remained until mid-17th century. After Vilnius was taken by Russians during the war with the Polish-Lithuanian Republic in 1655, the document was bequeathed to the archive of the Ambassadorial Prikaz (the office in charge of foreign affairs). Now it is housed in Russian State Archive of Historical Records (RGADA) in Moscow. The list of guarantors of the Łuck Armistice document widens the knowledge of Władysław Jagiełło’s companions during the war of the summer of 1431. It was also possible to identify some other, so far unknown, Polish participants of the military activities near Łuck. The identification of high officials close to the king sheds new light on the decision making process, in the result of which the armistice was forged. A large number of royal advisors near Łuck originated from Great Poland.

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