Starosta’s Judiciary Authority Versus Officials’ Oath (Volhynia of the Last 3rd of the 16th Century)

Nataliia  Starchenko

Starosta’s Judiciary Authority Versus Officials’ Oath (Volhynia of the Last 3rd of the 16th Century)

Publication date: 30.06.2016

History Notebooks, 2016, Issue 143 (2), pp. 253-259

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.16.003.5052

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Starosta’s Judiciary Authority Versus Officials’ Oath (Volhynia of the Last 3rd of the 16th Century)

Abstract

The present article focuses on the authority of starostas and city officials based on the judicial system in the Volhynian Voivodeship from the 1560s, when castle courts were established, up until the end of the 16th century. I analysed the factors that affirmed the domination of starostas and defined the formal extent of their powers, as well as those that helped to maintain a certain degree of autonomy between a starosta and city officials, and facilitated the emancipation of the latter. The officials’ oath, its perception in the gentry community and the judicial cases which concerned such issues were the focus of particular attention.

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starosta, city officials, power, oath, Volhynia, judicial system

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Tsentralʹnyĭ derzhavnyĭ istorychnyĭ arkhiv Ukraїny u Kyievi, ф. 11 (księgi grodzkie żytomierskie), оп. 1, спр. 1;

Tsentralʹnyĭ derzhavnyĭ istorychnyĭ arkhiv Ukraїny u Kyievi,ф. 25 (księgi grodzkie łuckie), оп. 1, спр. 15, 22, 26, 27, 31, 34, 35, 52, 57, 61, 460;

Tsentralʹnyĭ derzhavnyĭ istorychnyĭ arkhiv Ukraїny u Kyievi,ф. 26 (księgi ziemskie łuckie), оп. 1, спр. 6;

Tsentralʹnyĭ derzhavnyĭ istorychnyĭ arkhiv Ukraїny u Kyievi,ф. 28 (księgi grodzkie włodzimierskie),оп. 1, спр. 9, 11, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 29, 41.

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Volumina constitutionum (VC), t. ІІ (1550–1609), vol. 1(1550–1587), Warszawa 2005.

Volumina constitutionum (VC), t. ІІ (1550–1609), vol. 2 (1587–1609), Warszawa 2008.

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Information: History Notebooks, 2016, Issue 143 (2), pp. 253-259

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.16.003.5052

Article type: Original article

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Nataliia Starchenko

М.S. Hrushevsky Institute of Ukrainian Archeography (Kyiv)

Published at: 30.06.2016

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