Talk:Union of Lublin
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[edit] Statues of Lithuania
What exactly were these "Statues of Lithuania" ? Were they approved by the parliament (Sejm) ? Lysy 21:03, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Statute of Lithuania - maybe mistranslation, in Lithuanian they are known as "Lietuvos statutas". Basically it was like a collection of all the laws, which was unique in Europe at the time, because unlike Poland-Lithuania most of countries were absolute monarchies so didn't needed those things. If I remember correctly, copies of statutes used to be kept in each powiat so they could be used and seen by each person (probably only nobles). DeirYassin 21:15, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I was wondering who was writing them and who approved them ? Lysy 21:24, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Ok, got myself a book now. First statute was created in 1522, came into power in 1529 by the intiative of nobles' council, basically it was like standartising and collecting various tribal and traditional laws and writting them at one place, major work was done by Albertas Goštautas. Second statute came into power in 1566 by the order of king/grand duke Žygimantas Senasis (Sigismund the Old?) and was larger and more advanced. The king did this because of pressure of Lithuanian nobles, it was done because of expanding nobles' rights the first statute became redundant. Second statute was prepared by a special commition appointed by grand duke and nobles' council, commition consisted of 10 people. Third statute was accepted in 1588, to somewhat alter laws in relation to Union of Lublin.DeirYassin 21:54, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Tnx for the info. A stub (at the very least) at the Statutes of Lithuania is in order, I believe. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 07:57, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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- Try at Lithuanian Statutes :) Halibutt 08:06, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
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- Uh-oh. And now we have to merge them :> --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 18:58, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] EU?
I think that maybe last lines should be removed (I mean ones about many historians considering it to be similar to EU), as it is kinda POV, unnecessary comparement (because EU has no direct connection to the Polish Lithuanian commonwealth), and such things could be written maybe by members of any nation/country about their nation/country being like something (considered "good") of our days. In fact, similar things about union being similar to that of EU, can be said at many unified countries, e.g. Switzerland, Austria-Hungary, maybe even Yugoslavia, etc. and such claims are probably an overpompastification (wrong word probably I know) DeirYassin 20:02, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I think the point of the author, as I interpret it, is to make the point that Poland-Lithuania was the *largest* such union in Europe until the formation of the EU, not that it was merely a unification. --Vegalabs 19:55, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Anon comments
Someone needs to clean up the spelling and grammar of the article. If I see another "it's" instead of "its" I think I'm just going to die. (Done)
And this sentence makes no sense:
"However the commoners, especially peasants, who aggravated by a rapid inserfement as the Ruthenian territory was colonized by Szlachta, continued to speak in their own languages and the Orthodox religion, which eventually created a significant rift between the lower social classes of people and the nobility in the Lithuanian and Ruthenian areas of the Commonwealth."
[edit] Merge
“Poland provided military aid in that war after the union of the two entities, but did not return the previously annexed territories. Lithuania had to recognize its incorporation into Poland.[5]”
Is any chance of merge this sentence with others because it looks a bit about of context especially if trying to read aftermath part. Or at least expand part –“ recognise its incorporation” to - Lithuania had to recognize incorporation of Podlachia, Volhynia, Podolia and the Kiev regions into Poland. M.K 23:02, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
- Be bold and show us what you mean?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 00:03, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
