Golden Liberty

E81597

historical institution political system

Golden Liberty was the unique political system of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that granted extensive rights and privileges to the nobility, including elective monarchy and strong parliamentary powers.

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical institution → political system →
alsoKnownAs	Złota wolność →
appliesTo	Lithuanian nobility → Polish nobility → szlachta →
associatedWith	Polish–Lithuanian szlachta culture →
country	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth →
effectOnMonarchy	elective monarchy → limited monarchy →
endDate	1795 →
endEvent	Partitions of Poland →
governingBody	Grand Duke of Lithuania → King of Poland → Sejm → Senate of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth →
grantedRight	control over royal elections → freedom from arrest without court verdict (for nobles) → freedom of speech in Sejm → right to form confederations → right to resist the king (rokosz) → tax exemptions for nobles →
hasCharacteristic	contractual monarchy → decentralization → elective monarchy → extensive noble privileges → legal equality of nobles → noble democracy → religious tolerance (for nobles) → strong parliamentary powers → weak royal authority →
hasComponent	Henrician Articles → Pacta conventa → Sejm → confederations → elective kingship → free royal election → liberum veto → regional sejmiks → rokosz (legal rebellion) →
influenced	early modern republican thought →
influencedBy	Union of Lublin → medieval Polish privileges →
languageOfTerm	Polish →
legalBasis	Henrician Articles → Pacta conventa → noble privileges →
politicalCulture	aristocratic republicanism → noble republicanism → republicanism →
region	Central Europe →
startDate	1569 →
startEvent	Union of Lublin →
timePeriod	16th century → 17th century → 18th century →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period →	hasGovernmentalPrinciple
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth →	politicalSystemFeature