Confederation (Poland)

A Confederacy was in Poland - Lithuania, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569-1795), a privilege ( right ) of the nobility ( szlachta ), to form a military organization in order to achieve a political objective. In fact, it was almost always an uprising against the King of Poland.

The best known confederations were

  • Confederation of Warsaw ( 1573)
  • Confederation of Tyszowce ( 1655)
  • Lubomirski Confederation ( 1665-66 )
  • Confederation of Warsaw ( 1704)
  • Confederation of Sandomir (1704)
  • Confederation of Tarnogród ( 1715-16 )
  • Confederation of Radom ( 1767)
  • Confederation of Bar ( 1768-72 )
  • Targowica Confederation (1792 )

A special feature of Confederation was the ability to take decisions by majority vote. The principle of liberum veto, which each nobleman had the right to object and thus to block reforms, has been set for the time suspended.

  • Confederation (Poland - Lithuania)
  • History of Law (Poland )
  • Polish military history
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