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seek to curb the power of the magnates at the Sejm and to strengthen the power of king and country
What were the intentions of executionists movement?
return many leased crown lands to the king,
what did the Sejm in Piotrków forced the magnates to do?
1605
WHen did Jan Zamoyski. die?
movement lost its political force.
What happened when Jan Zamoyski died?
Sigismund II Augustus
Who was the last king of the Jagiellonian dynasty?
monarchs could be elected from within only the royal family
What stopped after the death of Sigismund II Augustus?
any Polish noble or foreigner of royal blood
After 1573 who could become a polish-lithuanian monarch?
two documents
How many documents should the new elected king sign?
basic laws of the Commonwealth
What was contained in the Henrican articles and the Pacta conventa?
1578
The crown tribunal was created when?
king Stefan Batory
Who created the crown tribunal?
reduce the enormous pressure on the Royal Court
What was the crown tribunal supposed to do?
the nobility class
Where was a lot of power placed in result of the crown tribunal?
Lithuanian Tribunal
WHo joined the crown tribunal eventually?
gain legal privileges over their peers
What did powerful leaders of szlachta sought?
Few szlachta were wealthy enough to be known as magnates
What were most szlachtas class?
Crimsons
What is another name for magnates?
own at least 20 villages or estates.
A proper magnates own what?
magnates
Who is properly in the major office in the commonwealth?
1%
Historians estimate how much of magnates make up szlachta?
200–300
Out of one million szlachtas how many were magnates?
30–40
Out of one million how many people could be viewed with significant impact politically?
monarchs
Magnates recieved gifts often from who?
Magnates
What significantly increased the magnates wealth?
temporary leases
What terms were these gifts given?
never returned
What did the magnates do eventually with the gifts?
magnates
The right to create ordynacja's was important to what group?
late 16th century
When did the right to create ordynacja's happen?
ensured that a family which gained wealth and power could more easily preserve this
What did the right to create ordynacja's entail?
often rivalled
What did the powerful families do with the kings estates?
estates of the king
What was an important power basis for the magnates?
1795
When did the sovereignty of szlachta end?
Partitions of Poland
Who ended the sovereignty of szlachta?
szlachta
UNtil 1918 whos legal status was dependent on the russian empiresovereignty of szlachta?
Nicholas I
Who redused 64,000 szlachta to commoner status?
62.8%
IN 1858 who was szlachta out of all the russian nobles?
Russian Poland on February 19, 1864
When and who abolished the serfdom?
only sell land to other peasants, not szlachta
Who could the ex serfs sell their land to?
48.9%
How much land was held by the peasants?
European countries the nobility lost power as the ruler strove for absolute monarchy
What was different between the polish nobility and others?
actually gained power
What happened to nobility at expense of the king?
oligarchy
What did the political system eventually evolve into?
absolute monarchy
What did the ruler strive for?
10–12%
How much of the total population was polish common wealth?
8%
IN 1791 how much did the szalchta comprimise the total population?
most local nobility from the areas that were absorbed by Poland–Lithuania
Polish szlachta usually incorporated who?
1–3%
How many nobilities made up other European countries besides poland lithuania?
March Constitution of Poland
What dissolved the priveleges of Russian Empire, Kingdom of Prussia or Habsburg Monarchy?
closed class
What class was polands nobility?
Many low-born individuals
Who could rise into polish ennoblement?
enormous influence
How much influence did each szlachcic have over politics?
any nobleman
WHo could nullify all the proceedings of a given sejm?
liberum veto
What is is called to nullify proceedings?
noble mother and father
Children inherited polish nobility from whom?
special services to the state
What does an individual do to attain ennoblement?
Polish king
WHo could naturalize a polish noble?
nobilitacja
What is another name for ennoblement?
indygenat
WHat is another name for polish noble?
equals
In theory how were all polish noblemen viewed?
not hereditary
Was was unique about the dignities?
ritual
If one is high in dignities they are also high in what other form?
other lords were only peers "de iure"
Nobles held land form whom?
any nobility that owned lands
Who could compose the polish landed gentry?
(ziemianie or ziemiaństwo
whats is another name for polish landed gentry?
no
Did all hold title of nobility?
Coats of arms
What was very important to the polish nobility?
heraldic system
What kind of system was the coats of arms?
differing in many ways
how did the polish nobility system compare to other heraldy countries?
Moravia (i.e. Poraj) and Germany
Where did polish knightshood originate?
minorities would be given the noble title
What is the most notable difference between countries?
most families sharing origin
Coat of arms would be shared with who else?
on the basis of similarity of arms
How would unrelated families be attributed to the clan?
low and did not exceed 200
Did number of cat of arms in the late middle ages fall?
brisure
What was rarely used?
Poland
Where did the coat of arms proper and a lozenge granted to women not develoupe?
their fathers
Where did men get their coat of arms usually?
Sarmatism
What was the prevalent mentality and ideology called?
powerful ancient nation of Sarmatians
Where did the name sarmatism originate?
served to integrate the multi-ethnic nobility
How did sarmatism effect szlachta culture?
peace and pacifism
What was also pushed for by result of sarmatism?
Polish and Latin
What languages were freely mixed?
Roman Catholic or Orthodox
What two religions were most common?
Muslims
What was the minority group in the polish nobility?
ennoblement
What was rewarding for switching judiasm to christianity?
the nobility became almost exclusively Catholic
What happened after the roman catholic church regained power in Poland?
Jews
What was the smallest amount of religion in the noble?
Augustan
During which period was Vigil a poet?
three
How many major works of literature is Virgil known for?
Aeneid
Which major Latin epic is Virgil known for?
Publius Vergilius Maro
What is Virgil's full name?
Appendix Vergiliana
Which collection of minor poems are sometimes attributed to Virgil?
Aeneid
Which of Virgil's works is considered the national epic of ancient Rome?
Iliad and Odyssey
Which works did Virgil model the Aeneid after?
Aeneas
Who is the main character in the Aeneid?
fulfill his destiny and arrive on the shores of Italy
What was Aeneas trying to accomplish in the Aeneid?
Virgil
Who appears as Dante's guide through hell and purgatory in the Divine Comedy?
Varius
Who was Virgil's editor?
Servius and Donatus
Whose two commentaries were incorporated into Virgil's biography by Suetonius?
inferences made from his poetry and allegorizing
What do the comentaries rely on for some of their information about Virgil?
problematic
Is Virgil's biographical tradition easily researched or is it problematic?