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Pacta conventa (Latin for "articles of agreement") was a contractual agreement, from 1573 to 1764 entered into between the "Polish nation" (i.e., the...

(1573), and various Pacta conventa) that no monarch could hope to break the szlachta's grip on power. The political doctrine of the Commonwealth of the...

executive, in the Commonwealth. Most tellingly, one of the provisions of the pacta conventa included the right of revolution (rokosz) for the nobility if it considered...

and thus became constitutional provisions alongside the Pacta conventa also instituted in 1573. Late-16th-century Poland stood between the Orthodox Muscovy...

principle of free election" under the Henrician Articles and the pacta conventa. It was not until January 1574 that Henry was to reach the borders of Poland...

principles of governance and constitutional law in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. While pacta conventa comprised only the personal undertakings of the king-elect...

Henrician Articles and Pacta conventa (Poland, 1573) Petition of Right (England, 1628) Bill of Rights (England, 1689) Claim of Right (Scotland, 1689)...

Henry's Articles as well as in Pacta conventa, negotiated at the time of his election. The monarch's power was limited in favor of a sizable noble class. Each...

Henry's Articles as well as in pacta conventa, negotiated at the time of his election. The monarch's power was limited in favour of a sizable noble class. Each...

election of Bathory, and scheduled the coronation for March 4. On February 8, in a Cathedral at Mediaș, Bathory confirmed the pacta conventa, and swore...

over the German and Danish nobility. Between 1573 and 1764, the pacta conventa (Latin for "articles of agreement") was a contractual agreement entered...

known reason for the marriage to have been morganatic, as Poniatowski's Pacta conventa required him to marry a Polish noblewoman, a requirement she satisfied...

confederations, as a right of revolution, were recognized in Polish law through the Henrician articles (1573), part of the pacta conventa sworn by every Polish...

elected king was required sign two documents – the Pacta conventa ("agreed pacts") – a confirmation of the king's pre-election promises, and Henrican articles...

Władysław signed his pacta conventa and the Henrician Articles that had been required of new Polish kings since the 1573 election of France's Henri de Valois...

A bill of rights, sometimes called a declaration of rights or a charter of rights, is a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country...

any special rules for the election (in particular, preparation of pacta conventa, bills of nobility privileges to be sworn by the king), and screening the...

state embodied in texts like the Henrician Articles and the Pacta conventa; the concept of individual liberties; and the notion that the monarch owed duties...

documents: the Pacta conventa, the king's "pre-election pact", and the Henrican articles, named after the first freely elected king, Henry of Valois. The...

(named after Henry of Valois, the first post-Jagiellon king), which were the basis of the political system of Poland, and the pacta conventa, which were various...