INČAI IR JŲ SPRENDIMAS XV AMŽIAUS LIETUVOJE: APGAUTŲ PIRKLIŲ BEI NUSIKALTUSIŲ KUNIGŲ PAVYZDŽIAI*
CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY LITHUANIA AS EXEMPLIFIED BY INJURED MERCHANTS AND FELONOUS CLERKS

Summary/Abstract: This article examines briefly the resolution of conflicts within two separate mediaeval social groups, namely the merchant communities of Gdańsk, Vilnius and Kaunas during the first seven years of Casimir I and IV’s reign in the Grand Duchy of Llithuania, and the Rroman Ccatholic clergy of the dioceses of Vilnius and Žemaitija involved in criminal cases reviewed by the Papal Ccuria. Aattention is paid to the importance of social concepts such as friendship and charity, and the restoration of good repute. Tthis article forms part of a broader study of Llithuania during the reign of Casimir Jagiellończyk.

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