Talk:Statutes of Lithuania
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[edit] Lithuanian?
Do you need a title in "Lithuanian", if the documents itself do not contain a single word in Lithuanian language? --rydel 00:49, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Well, it is know as such in both Polish and Lithuanians. The language is not important, the Lithuanian stands for 'related to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania'. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 19:07, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Why not use "Litva" instead of Lithuania, which only confuses the issue, implying that contemporary Lithuania is somehow equivalent to historical Lithuania. Objectively speaking, it is not; this is a case where the name is greater than the people--Ysakavik ````
- Because such country as Litva never existed, like Baltarusija or Lenkija... Iulius 17:07, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Author
Who actually wrote these statutes ? Lysy 08:22, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- There is more info on my article (made mostly from Talk:Union of Lublin here: Statutes of Lithuania. This needs to be merged, and the resulting article would benefit from linking from more relevant articles - I created mine cause it was not linked from Union of Lublin and I didn't thought there already is one. Still, I think mine is better then the orginal - see below. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 19:07, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] POV
'The Lithuanian Statutes, especially the Third Statute, were so well-written that they answered society's needs for 250 years. ' Seems rather strange to me. Weren't they written by and for Lithuanian magnates and therefore more opressive then the Union of Lublin legislation? Even if not, I doubt that the above society includes the peasants or townsfolk. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 19:07, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- It did include everyone, most remarkable part in the third statute was the fact, that for killing everyone regardless of their status received the same punishment. Statutes were the masterpiece of Golden age of Grand Duchy.
I'm not quite expert on the matter, you might read Juliusz Bardach works on the subject, he is one of th most renowned Polish specialists in the field.--Lokyz 16:39, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
