Instrukcja sejmikowa województwa ruskiego z 1598 r. – edycja źródła

Abstract

The article is a discussion of the 1598 sejmik instructions of the Wisznia sejmik, which is not included in the edition of Akt grodzkie i ziemskie… by Antoni Prochaska. The appendix contains an edition of this source, its basis being a manuscript from Section Two of the Radziwill Archives stored at the Main Archive of Historical Records. In light of the instructions, undoubtedly the greatest concern among the nobility of the Rus province was King Sigismund III Vasa’s planned trip to Sweden. They also feared the internal and external unrest that the ruler’s absence could cause. Understanding the content of the instructions, as well as the course of the sejmik itself, is impossible without knowing the political context, both on a national and local scale. Therefore, the article uses the correspondence of, among others, Jan Zamoyski, Stanisław Stadnicki and Jan Szczęsny Herburt. Translated by Stefan Kubiak