Samorząd szlachecki województw poznańskiego i kaliskiego wobec cudzoziemskich żołnierzy i oficerów w wojsku powiatowym podczas panowania Jana Kazimierza (1648-1668).
The nobility self-government of the Poznań and Kalisz voivodships towards foreign soldiers and officers in the county troops during the reign of Jan Kazimierz (1648–1668)

Summary/Abstract: County troops, as the armed force of self-government, was entirely organized by province assemblies. They decided which types of formations and officers were included in its composition. Province assembly of poznański and kaliski voivodeships, often faced the problem of establishing the army of foreign and national recruitments. Greater Poland bordered with Brandenburg and Silesia, being strongly influenced by Western European trends. On the other hand, the nobility there was unfavorably serving the foreigners in the Crown Army, which was typical for representatives of the entire state of the Commonwealth at the time. This problem intensified during the Chmielnicki uprising. After the death of Vladislav IV, in the interreks universals, a recommendation was made to enlist foreign formations, especially those with a large firepower. It was commonly believed that in the face of the defeats of the crown army, Greater Poland would reach for the veterans of the Thirty Years’ War by recruiting county troops that wre to be sent to Ukraine. The aim of the subject taken in the article is to show the attitude of the inhabitants of Greater Poland against foreign recruitment soldiers and officers, problems that occurred in this type of army, respond to the pressure exerted by the central authorities and alternative proposals of the Greater Poland gentry regarding the service of “foreigners” in the army of local government.

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