Sprawy magnackie w instrukcjach sejmików ziemi bielskiej z przełomu XVI i XVII w. oblatowanych w księgach grodzkich brańskich

Abstract

The article analyzes the instructions of the sejmik of the Bielsk land from the late 17ᵗʰ and early 17ᵗʰ centuries registered in the Brańsk town books in terms of the presence in them of provisions instructing deputies to claim rewards for the magnate or to support some of his cause. These instructions were compared with analogous documents of the Proszowice, Środa, Lublin and Chelm sejmiks. Against this backdrop, the Sejmik of Brac appears as an assembly that rarely patronized magnates (although in the corresponding instructions of other sejmiks the relevant provisions appeared with varying frequency), who most likely did not seek to obtain such patronage at it. Translated by Stefan Kubiak