Władze miasta Łucka w drugiej połowie XVI i XVII wieku: konflikty wewnętrzne spowodowane nadużyciami władzy
Lutsk Municipal Authorities from the Second Half of the Sixteenth to Seventeenth Century: Internal Conflicts Caused by Abuses of Power
Author(s): Natalia BiłousSubject(s): History of Law, Governance, Public Administration, Studies in violence and power, 16th Century, 17th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: municipal officials; municipal council; city’s municipality; hereditary mayors; Magdeburg law; abuse of power; internal conflicts; Lutsk, Volhynia; 16th–17th centuries;
Summary/Abstract: This article aims to shed light on the internal conflicts in Lutsk in the late sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries, which were caused by abuses of power by the hereditary mayors (Polish: wojtowie) and municipal officials. Disputes took place over managing the urban economy and finances due to the unequal distribution of tax burdens between different groups of burghers. Many conflicts were related to access to the municipal authorities and abuses in the municipal judiciary. The policy of the city’s authorities provoked resistance from the townspeople, but the municipal community did not manage to buy out the office of the mayor and establish the representation of the so-called third order (i.e. the representatives of commoners in the municipal authorities).
Journal: Rocznik Lituanistyczny
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 49-68
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Polish