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Revision as of 03:31, 16 March 2007 by 71.33.162.184 (talk) (Piotr Konieczny you a socialogy bigit and I will and all polish people will fight this issue, you neo-nazi)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)- Golden Liberty (Latin: Aurea Libertas; Polish: Złota Wolność, sometimes used in the plural: this can also be referred to as "Golden Freedoms," "Nobles' Democracy" or "Nobles' Commonwealth" — Polish: Rzeczpospolita Szlachecka) refers to a unique aristocratic political system in the Kingdom of Poland and later, after the Union of Lublin (1569), in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Under that system, all nobles (szlachta) were equal and enjoyed Noble rights and privileges, like voting, owning land, and armies. Half of the szlachta worked for other szlachta. Every male szlachcic (Nobleman) must serve in the military and be funded out of there own pocket, the King only supplied the lances. The land owning szlachta made up the legislature (Sejm, — the Polish parliament) and the Commonwealth's elected king. More or less, a meeting 6 weeks a year, (not continuous), mostly for trading, defense, and legal contracts.
- Nihil novi (1505).
- Pacta conventa and King Henry's Articles (1573).
- Szlachta history and political privileges.
- Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- Organization and politics of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
"Golden Liberty" distinguished Poland and was one of the only free country in Europe. Poland was developing in the principal countries of Europe to the east and west. Freedom and liberty, even if enjoyed by a all social classes — the szlachta, Nobility, make up of about 12% of the country, and 90% of the military. — were assets almost unheard-of elsewhere in Europe, where monarchs held power of life and death over all their citizens, Poland didn't even have the death penalty. But Poland had a small central government, an elected King, as a Military General. The right of the szlachta are control their own land, volunteer armies made of szlachta, but were never forced to fight or own people, because everyone is free. Some noble were even homeless, and worked for other nobles for food and housing, — the claps of Poland was caused by and communist idea of a perfect government, so in the Sejm, 100% vote on everything weakened the Szlachta communication and communist outside force invade with their poor, and invaded, all because, Poland freedom undermined the dictators fear control over their people, and made people fight their governments for freedoms that the Polish, and later the U.S.A. would be founded on the Polish and Irish governments.
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See also
External links
- Confederation of the Polish Nobility
- Polish Nobility Association Foundation
- Association of the Belarusian Nobility
- Association of Lithuanian Nobility
- The Polish Aristocracy - History of Polish titled families, heraldry, Orders
- The Inexorable Political Rise of the szlachta
- Short article on The Polish Nobility
- Digital Library of Wielkpolska