Pacta conventa

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Pacta conventa was a medieval agreement between the Polish king and the nobility that helped define the political rights and privileges central to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s noble democracy.

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Pacta conventa canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional document ⓘ
legal custom ⓘ
political agreement ⓘ
appliesTo Polish nobility ⓘ
elected king of Poland ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
country Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
describedBySource Polish–Lithuanian legal tradition ⓘ
follows Henrician Articles ⓘ
tradition of privileges granted to Polish nobility ⓘ
genre constitutional law ⓘ
hasEffect contractual monarchy in Poland ⓘ
development of noble democracy ⓘ
limitation of royal power ⓘ
strengthening of the nobility ⓘ
hasInterpretation contract between monarch and political nation ⓘ
hasLegalStatus binding on each newly elected king ⓘ
hasPart financial obligations of the king ⓘ
foreign policy commitments of the king ⓘ
military commitments of the king ⓘ
obligations of the king ⓘ
privileges of the nobility ⓘ
religious guarantees ⓘ
hasRole foundation of the elective monarchy system in Poland ⓘ
framework for king–nobility relations ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early modern period ⓘ
inception reign of Henry of Valois ⓘ
influenced later Polish–Lithuanian political practice ⓘ
influencedBy Henrician Articles ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
location Poland ⓘ
mainSubject limitations on royal prerogative ⓘ
political rights of the nobility ⓘ
structure of noble democracy ⓘ
partOf Golden Liberty ⓘ
political system of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
regulates maintenance of a standing army ⓘ
religious toleration obligations ⓘ
royal foreign travel ⓘ
royal marriage policy ⓘ
use of state finances ⓘ
significantEvent adoption during the first free royal election ⓘ
significantFor development of European elective monarchies ⓘ
history of Polish constitutionalism ⓘ
startTime 1573 ⓘ

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Golden Liberty → hasComponent → Pacta conventa ⓘ
Golden Liberty → legalBasis → Pacta conventa ⓘ
szlachta → notableLaw → Pacta conventa ⓘ
May 3rd Constitution → precededBy → Pacta conventa ⓘ
Złota wolność → feature → Pacta conventa ⓘ