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The Nieszawa Statutes were a set of laws enacted in the Kingdom of Poland in 1454, in the town of Nieszawa
Nieszawa

Nieszawa [] is a town and a commune in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.As of June 30, 2004, the town has a population of 2,047 people....
. Kazimierz IV Jagiellon made a number of concessions to the nobility
Szlachta

Szlachta refers to the nobility social class in the Kingdom of Poland , the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the increasingly polonized territories under their control ....
 in exchange for their support in the Thirteen Years' War
Thirteen Years' War

The Thirteen Years' War was also the name of an Austrian-Ottoman War: Thirteen Years War in HungaryThe Thirteen Years' War , also called the War of the Cities, a series of inter-Prussian conflicts, were fought from 1454-1466....
. Among other things, the Statutes required the King to seek the lords' approval when issuing new laws, levying the pospolite ruszenie
Pospolite ruszenie

Pospolite ruszenie , is an anachronism term describing the mobilisation of armed forces, especially during the period of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....
, or imposing new taxes. The Statutes strengthened the position of the nobility at the expense of the other estates.








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The Nieszawa Statutes were a set of laws enacted in the Kingdom of Poland in 1454, in the town of Nieszawa
Nieszawa

Nieszawa [] is a town and a commune in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.As of June 30, 2004, the town has a population of 2,047 people....
. Kazimierz IV Jagiellon made a number of concessions to the nobility
Szlachta

Szlachta refers to the nobility social class in the Kingdom of Poland , the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the increasingly polonized territories under their control ....
 in exchange for their support in the Thirteen Years' War
Thirteen Years' War

The Thirteen Years' War was also the name of an Austrian-Ottoman War: Thirteen Years War in HungaryThe Thirteen Years' War , also called the War of the Cities, a series of inter-Prussian conflicts, were fought from 1454-1466....
. Among other things, the Statutes required the King to seek the lords' approval when issuing new laws, levying the pospolite ruszenie
Pospolite ruszenie

Pospolite ruszenie , is an anachronism term describing the mobilisation of armed forces, especially during the period of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....
, or imposing new taxes. The Statutes strengthened the position of the nobility at the expense of the other estates.

See also

  • Piotrków Statutes