Once More about the Constitution of May 3, 1791 Cover Image

Dar kartą apie Gegužės 3-osios konstituciją
Once More about the Constitution of May 3, 1791

Author(s): Deimantas Karvelis, Rūta Ringytė, Eglė Burbaitė
Subject(s): History
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Constitution of May 3; 1791; „mild revolution“; the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; the Union of Lublin; the “Small” Seimas (Sejm); pacta conventa; gentry.

Summary/Abstract: On October 10, 2008, Faculty of History of Vilnius pedagogical university hosted a national scientific conference „The Role of the Constitution of May 3, 1791, in Lithuania‘s History and Its Historical Culture“. The conference aimed to draw the attention of scientific society to this exceptionally important even in Lithuania‘s history. The conference was attended by numerous presenters who represented six institutions dealing with research in the science of history. The conference also revealed that the topic of the Constitution of May 3,1791, is relevant both for Lithuania’s political history in particular and for society’s historical culture in general. Circumstances of its preparation and adoption, historical context, interpretation of its content and evaluation of both its details and essential issues raise many controversial questions and set new research tasks for those investigators who are interested in the history of the 18th century.

  • Issue Year: 72/2008
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 104-108
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Lithuanian