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Legal foundations of administration in Belarusian lands in the 14th-18th centuries
Legal documents in Belarusian lands in the period of formation and development of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Rus and Samogitia
- National legal documents
- Nationwide privileges
- Acts of state unions
- Collections of national legal acts
- Codes of law
- Military documents
- Local legal documents
- Private legal documents
- Church legal documents
| Map of the largest territorial expansion of
the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania at the time of Vitovt in 1392-1430. Authors V. Nosevich, V. Temushev. Photocopy. Printed. Belarusian. Vyaliki gistarichny atlas Belarusi u 3-kh tamakh. T. 1. Minsk, 2009. P. 64-65. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents on legal foundations in Belarus in the 14th-18th centuries) |
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| Map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 15th and the first
half of the 16th centuries. Author V. Nosevich. Photocopy. Printed. Belarusian. Natsyianalny atlas Belarusi. Minsk, 2002. P. 265. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents on legal foundations in Belarus in the 14th-18th centuries) |
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Nationwide privileges |
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| Privilege of 1387. Printed. Latin and Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 8-15. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Horodlo Privilege of 1413. Printed. Latin and Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 15-33. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Privilege of 1432. Printed. Latin and Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 34–39. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Privilege of 1434. Printed. Latin and Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 39-47. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Privilege of 1447. Printed. Latin and Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 47-61. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Privilege of 1492. Photocopy. Manuscript. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 355. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Privilege of 1492. Printed. Latin and Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 61-79. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Privilege of 1547. Photocopy. Manuscript. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 357. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Vilna Privilege of 1563. Photocopy. Manuscript. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 357. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Vilna Privilege of 1563. Printed. Old Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 159-166. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Belsk Privilege of 1564. Printed. Old Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 166-174. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Vilna Privilege of 1565. Photocopy. Manuscript. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 358. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Acts of state unions |
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| Act of the Union of Krevo (Krewo) of 1385. Photocopy. Manuscript. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 354. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Act of the Union of Krevo (Krewo) of 1385 (Act of the Grand Duke of Lithuania
Jagiello and his brothers on the union of Lithuania and
Poland). Krevo, 14 August 1385. Photocopy. Printed. Belarusian. Gistoryia dzyarzhavy i prava Belarusi u dakumentakh i materiyalakh. Minsk, 2003. P. 32-34. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents on legal foundations in Belarus in the 14th-18th centuries) |
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| Treaty of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Casimir
with Great Novgorod on the establishment of peace and trade with Polotsk
and Vitebsk (excerpt). 1440. Photocopy. Printed. Old Belarusian. Istoriya Belarusi v dokumentakh i materialakh. Minsk, 2000. P. 51-52. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents on legal foundations in Belarus in the 14th-18th centuries) |
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| Document of the Grand Duke of Lithuania and elected King
of Poland Alexander Jagiellon certifying that the nobility of the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania accept
the union with the Polish Crown. Mielnik, 30 October 1501. Photocopy. Manuscript. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 356. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Collections of national legal acts |
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| Collection of legal acts, which includes the Horodlo Privilege
of 1413, documents of the Horodlo Union of 1413, the Grodno-Trakai Union
of 1432-1433, the Union of 1499. Cracow, 1506. Printed. Title page. Latin. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 365. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Collection of legal acts, which includes documents of the
Vilna-Radom Union of 1401, the Horodlo Union of 1413, the Grodno-Trakai Union
of 1432-1433, the Union of 1499. Sczuczin, Cracow, 1553. Printed. Title page. Latin. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 366. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Collection of legal acts, which includes the Horodlo Privilege
of 1413, the Vilna-Radom Union of 1401, the Grodno-Trakai Union of
1432-1433, the Union of 1499. Cracow, 1567. Printed. Title page. Latin. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 367. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Collection of legal acts, which includes documents of the
Vilna-Radom Union of 1401, the Horodlo Union of 1413, the Grodno-Trakai Union
of 1432-1433, the Union of 1499, the Mielnik Union of 1501, the
Lublin Union of 1569. Cracow, 1570. Printed. Title page. Latin. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 368. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Collection of legal acts adopted by the Sejms (Diets) of
1550-1578, which includes documents of the Mielnik Union of 1501, the
Lublin Union of 1569. Cracow, 1579. Printed. Title page. Latin. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 369. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Collection of legal acts, which includes documents of the
Vilna-Radom Union of 1401, the Horodlo Union of 1413, the Grodno-Trakai Union
of 1432-1433, the Union of 1499. Basel, 1572. Printed. Title page. Latin. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 370. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Collection of legal acts, which includes documents of the
Vilna-Radom Union of 1401, the Horodlo Union of 1413, the Grodno-Trakai Union
of 1432-1433, the Union of 1499, the Mielnik Union of 1501, the
Lublin Union of 1569. Cracow, 1594. Printed. Title page. Latin. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 371. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Collection of legal acts, which includes documents of the
Vilna-Radom Union of 1401, the Horodlo Union of 1413, the Grodno-Trakai Union
of 1432-1433, the Union of 1499, the Mielnik Union of 1501, the
Lublin Union of 1569. Cracow, 1600. Printed. Title page. Latin. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 372. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| “The History of Poland” by John Dlugosz , which includes the Horodlo Privilege
of 1413, the first
publication of the oath of allegiance of the Grand Duke of Lithuania
Sigismund Keistutovich to the King of Poland Wladyslaw II (Jagiello) and
the Polish Crown (Grodno, 15
October 1432). Leipzig, 1711. Printed. Title page. Latin. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 373. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Collection of legal acts and international treaties,
which includes the Horodlo Privilege of 1413. Amsterdam, Hague, 1726. Printed. Title page. Latin. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 374. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Collection of legal acts, which includes the Privilege
of
1387, the Horodlo Privilege of 1413, the Privileges of 1447, 1492, 1506, 1522, 1529,
documents of the Vilna-Radom Union of 1401, the Horodlo Union of 1413, the
Grodno-Trakai Union of 1432-1433, the Union of 1499,
the Mielnik Union of 1501. Poznan, 1841. Printed. Title page. Latin. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 378. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Collection of historical documents, which includes the
Privilege of
1387, the Horodlo Privilege of 1413, the Privileges of 1492 and 1506,
documents of the Krevo Union of 1385, the
Vilna-Radom Union of 1401, the Horodlo Union of 1413, the
Grodno-Trakai Union of 1432-1433, the Union of 1499, the Mielnik Union of 1501, the
Lublin Union of 1569. Wilno, 1860. Printed. Title page. Latin. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 379. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Codes of law |
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| First edition of the collection of legislative acts “Volumina
Legum”, Vol. 1 (Warsaw, 1732). Printed. Title page. Latin. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015. P. 375. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Code of Law of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Casimir
Jagiellon, 1468. 29 February 1468. Photocopy. Printed. Old Belarusian. Gistoryia dzyarzhavy i prava Belarusi u dakumentakh i materyialakh. Minsk, 2003. P. 105-110. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents on legal foundations in Belarus in the 14th-18th centuries) |
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| Economic list on the First Statute of 5 October 1522
(privilege for all inhabitants in the Grand Duchy
of Lithuania to trial under common written law). 6 December 1522. Photocopy. Printed. Belarusian. Gistoryia dzyarzhavy i prava Belarusi u dakumentakh i materyialakh. Minsk, 2003. P. 112-114. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents on legal foundations in Belarus in the 14th-18th centuries) |
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| Statute of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania of 1529
(excerpts). Photocopy. Printed. Belarusian. Gistoryia dzyarzhavy i prava Belarusi u dakumentakh i materyialakh. Minsk, 2003. P. 114-132. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents on legal foundations in Belarus in the 14th-18th centuries) |
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| Statute of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania of 1566
(excerpts). Photocopy. Printed. Old Belarusian. The National Legal Internet Portal pravo.by. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents on legal foundations in Belarus in the 14th-18th centuries) |
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| Military documents |
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| Peace Treaty of Lithuania-Livonia of 1338. 1 November 1338. Photocopy. Printed. Belarusian. Gistoryia dzyarzhavy i prava Belarusi u dakumentakh i materyialakh. Minsk, 2003. P. 30-32. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents on legal foundations in Belarus in the 14th-18th centuries) |
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| Grand Duke Alexander of Lithuania informs Master
of the Livonian Order Wolter von Plettenberg about the plans of joint
struggle against the Grand Duchy of Moscow. 1501. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Latin with Russian translation. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 35-37) |
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| Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland, informs Albrecht, Grand Master of the German Order of the
Teutonic Knights, about the victory over the Muscovite army at the
Battle of Orsha and the liberation of the towns of Dubrovno, Krichev and
Mstislavl. Camp at Borisov, 14 September 1514; Vilna, Sunday after 1 November 1514. 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Latin with Russian translation. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 58-59 ob.) |
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| Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland, informs the Crimean Khan Magmet Giray about political events
in Eastern Europe. Vilna, 1518. 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 60-63 ob.) |
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| Vasily Ivanovich, Grand Duke of Moscow, extends the
truce with Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland, for one year. 1 April 1532. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 69-69 ob.) |
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| Answers of Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of
Lithuania and King of Poland, to the ambassador of the Grand Duke of Moscow Ivan Vasilyevich, refusing the Moscow embassy to pass to the Emperor, King of
Hungary and Voivode of Moldova. 1537. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 72-73 ob.) |
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Local legal documents |
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| Regional privileges |
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| Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King
of Poland, confirms the regional privilege to
the inhabitants of Vitebsk land issued by the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Casimir Jagiellon. Vilna, 16 July 1503. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 38-39) |
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| Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland, confirms the regional privilege to
the inhabitants of Polotsk land issued by the Grand Dukes of Lithuania and Kings of
Poland Casimir Jagiellon and Alexander Jagiellon and their
predecessors and grants them new rights. Brest, 23 July 1511. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 52-57 ob.) |
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| Revision of incomes of Polotsk Voivodeship, compiled by Fedor Skumin, Court Treasurer of the
GDL, Elder of Braslav, and Yury
Drutsky Sokolinsky, Chamberlain of Vitebsk. January, 1580. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish. (BGAMLI, f. 66, op. 1, d. 1333, l. 1-18) |
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| Magdeburg Law and other privileges to towns and boroughs |
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| Brest |
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| Privilege of the Polish king Jageillo (Wladyslaw II) granting the
Magdeburg Law to the town of Brest (the first Magdeburg Privilege
issued on the territory of present-day Belarus). Cracow, 15 August 1390. Printed. Latin. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV–XVI stst.: pryvilei na magdeburgskae prava. Мinsk, 2019. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Novogrudok |
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| Privilege of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Casimir Jagiellon
to the town of Novogrudok. Trakai, 14 July 1440. Printed. Old Belarusian. V. Pazdnyakou. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV–XVI stst.: ablastnyia pryvilei. Minsk, 2018. P. 142-145. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Privilege of Sigismund II
the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, granting the
Magdeburg Law to the town of Novogrudok. Brest, 26 July 1511. Printed. Old Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV–XVI stst.: pryvilei na magdeburgskae prava. Мinsk, 2019. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Grodno |
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| Privilege of Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of
Lithuania, granting the Magdeburg Law to the town of Grodno. Bershty, 1496. Printed. Polish. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV–XVI stst.: pryvilei na magdeburgskae prava. Мinsk, 2019. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| List of charters granted by Kings of Poland and Grand
Dukes of Lithuania to the town of Grodno dated 1496, 1502, 1506, 1516, 1526, 1540-1541, 1561-1562, 1564. 23 September 1838. Authorized copy. Manuscript. (NIAB in Grodno, f. 2, op. 4, d. 1142, l. 70-71) |
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| Privileges of Polish kings to the inhabitants of Grodno
to transport duty-free goods and produce by the river Nieman through
Kovno (Kaunas) to Prussia, dated 1496 and 1540. 10 August 1837. Authorized copy. Manuscript. Polish. (NIAB in Grodno, f. 1, op. 4, d. 647, l. 12-24) |
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| Polotsk |
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| Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania, grants
the Magdeburg Law to the town of Polotsk. Trakai, 4 October 1498. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 32-33 ob.) |
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| Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland, confirms the Magdeburg Law to Polotsk. Cracow, 27 August 1510. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 46 ob.-49) |
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| Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania,
establishes duties for village travellers, payment of
silver tax, property ownership and court jurisdiction for townspeople, duties
for clergy and boyars for the town of Polotsk. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 30-31 ob.) |
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| Minsk |
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| Privilege of Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of
Lithuania, granting the Magdeburg Law to the town of Minsk. Vilna, 14 March 1499. Printed. Old Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV–XVI stst.: pryvilei na magdeburgskae prava. Мinsk, 2019. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Privilege of the Magdeburg Law to the town of Minsk
(excerpt). 1499. Photocopy. Printed. Belarusian. Istoryia Belarusi v dokumentakh i materialakh. Minsk, 2000. P. 54-55. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents on legal foundations in Belarus in the 14th-18th centuries) |
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| Vitebsk |
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| Privilege of Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of
Lithuania and King of Poland, to the town of Vitebsk. Vilna, 16 July 1503. Printed. Old Belarusian. V. Pazdnyakou. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV–XVI stst.: ablastnyia pryvilei. Minsk, 2018. P. 62-69. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Volkovysk |
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| Privilege of Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of
Lithuania and King of Poland, granting the Magdeburg Law to the town
of Volkovysk (incomplete). [1503]. Printed. Old Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV–XVI stst.: pryvilei na magdeburgskae prava. Мinsk, 2019. (BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Slonim |
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| List of privileges and charters from 1532 and 1558 granted by
Polish kings to the town of Slonim. 30 September 1832. Copy. Manuscript. (NIAB in Grodno, f. 1, op. 4, d. 11, l. 7) |
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| Mogilev |
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| Sigismund II Augustus, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King
of Poland, establishes for Mogilev the amount of taxes taken from town lands, trade, product weighting
etc., establishes jobs for the maintenance of town
fortifications, taxes in favour of the town, grants the townspeople the right
to build a mill, free fishing, use of forest, trade, defines the
size of court fines, trade and craft duties, establishes the town
administration, defines a cart obligation etc. Vilna, 8 February 1561. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 13, l. 1-11) |
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| List of privileges granted by Grand Dukes of Lithuania
and Kings of Poland to the town of Mogilev in 1561-1735. Early 19th-century. Manuscript. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 12, l. 1-7 ob.) |
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| Slutsk |
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| Charter of the Castellan of Vilna Matey Radziwill and
Voivode of Trakai Joseph Radziwill, guardians of young Dominik
Radziwill, confirming rights and liberties to the inhabitants of Slutsk. 5 May 1792. Manuscript on parchment. Polish. (NIAB, f. 146, op. 3, d. 23, l. 4472) |
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| Vaganov |
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| Privilege of Sigismund II Augustus, Grand Duke of
Lithuania and King of Poland, granting the Magdeburg Law to the
township of Vaganov. Vilna, 20 September 1565. Printed. Old Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV–XVI stst.: pryvilei na magdeburgskae prava. Мinsk, 2019. (BelNIIDAD, library ) |
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Private legal documents |
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| Privilege of Wladyslaw II (Jagiello),
King of Poland, to Prince Skirgailo of Lithuania for the principalities of Trakai, Minsk and Polotsk. 28 April 1387. Photocopy. Printed. Belarusian. Gistoryia dzyarzhavy i prava Belarusi u dakumentakh i materyialakh. Minsk, 2003. P. 35-37. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents on legal foundations in Belarus in the 14th-18th centuries) |
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| Vitovt (Vytautas), Grand Duke of Lithuania,
gives a judgment on the dispute between the Bishop of Vilna and Princes Gedroyts about the lake Oiseto, dividing
it by half. Trakai, 27 November 1429. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 14a, 14 ob.) |
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| Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania, grants
Prince Semen Mozhaisky the town of Chernigov and confirms
the ownership
of Starodub and Gomel. Vilna, 1 July 1496. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 28-29) |
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| Extract from the books of the GDL Major Chancellery in the
name of Stanislaw August Poniatowski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, of the following document: Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, orders Stanislaw Glebovich, Voivode of Polotsk, to give three villages in Chersvyaty volost, Polotsk district to Princes Vasily and Andrey Sokolinskys (Minsk, 29 June 1508). GDL Chancellery, 31 October 1775. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish and Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 98 ob-99 ob.) |
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| Extract from the books of the Lithuanian Metrica about payments
from Mogilev volost in favour of Elena Ivanovna, Grand Duchess of
Lithuania and Queen of Poland. Approx. 1523. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 27) |
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| Extract from the books of the GDL Major Chancellery
of 17 August 1750 of the following document: Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, confirms Stanislaw Zharchinsky the right of land ownership for Zadolgoye in Polotsk district. Vilna, 1 April 1557. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 46-47) |
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| Sigismund II August, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland, confirms a deed of land transfer from Prince Ivan Vasilyevich Polubensky, Elder of
Mstislavl, to the landowner Yatsko Pirogovsky for four waste plots in Mstislavl
district
and a waste estate in Mstislavl. Vilna, 18 September 1559. 1723 copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 37, l. 1) |
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Church legal documents |
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| Pope Innocent IV orders the Bishop
of Chelmno to watch persons assigned for the tithe in the domains of Mindovg
(Mindaugas), King of Lithuania, to keep moderation during its collection.
Milan, 15 July 1251. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Latin with Russian translation. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 8-9) |
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| Pope Innocent IV orders the Bishop of Chelmno to crown
Mindovg (Mindaugas) as King of Lithuania. Milan, 17 July 1251. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Latin with Russian translation. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 9-10) |
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| Pope Innocent IV orders the Bishop of Chelmno to appoint and
ordain
the Bishop of Lithuania, having
taken the oath of allegiance to the Pope and the Church. Milan, 17 July 1251. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Latin with Russian translation. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 10 ob.-11 ob.) |
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| Pope Innocent IV orders the Archbishop of Livonia and
Prussia to install and ordain the Bishop of Lithuania. Assisi, 24 June 1253. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Latin with Russian translation. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 12-13) |
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| Prince Yaroslav Izyaslavich of Polotsk gives Father Superior Filaret of St. Boris and
St. Gleb
Monastery a plot of land to build a
mill on the river Belchitsa. Polotsk, 1396. (Falsification). Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 29-29 ob.) |
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| Wladyslaw III Jagiello, King of Poland and Hungary and
Grand Duke of Lithuania, grants the
Orthodox clergy in his domains equals rights with the Catholic
clergy. Buda, 22 March 1443. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish and Russian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 19-20 ob.) |
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| Prince Yury Lugvenevich of Mstislavl with his wife Sophia
and son Ivan donate land to St. Onufry’s Monastery. Mstislavl, 1 September 1452 – 31 August 1453. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 18-18 ob.) |
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| Prince Ivan Yuryevich Lugvenevich of Mstislavl with
his wife Ulyana and children donate land and legal immunity to St. Onufry’s Monastery. Dobroye Selo, 2 July 1483. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 25-26) |
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| John III Sobieski,
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, in Cracow on 3
March 1676, confirms the following document:
Michael Wisniowiecki, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, in Cracow on 19 October 1669, confirms the following document: John II Casimir, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, confirms privileges to Orthodox and Uniate (Greek Catholic) churches granted by Grand Dukes of Lithuania and Kings of Poland Alexander (20 March 1499), Sigismund I (20 July 1511) etc. Warsaw, 29 August 1658. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish with Russian translation. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 67-72 ob.) |
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| Prince Michael Ivanovich of Mstislavl grants the
Abbot and the Brethren at Pustyn Monastery a right
to settle people on their lands and a legal immunity. Mstislavl, 14 September 1499. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 34-34 ob.) |
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| Prince Michael Ivanovich of Mstislavl donates honey and
money to St. Nicholas’ Church in Orsha. Mstislavl, 19 February 1504. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 15, l. 42 ob.) |
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| Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of
Lithuania and King of Poland, at the request of the Bishop of Chelm, confirms the charter issued in Buda on 22
March 1443 by Wladyslaw III Jagiello, King of Poland and Hungary
and Grand Duke of Lithuania, equating the rights of the Orthodox and
Catholic clergy. Piotrkow, 6 March 1504. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Latin with Russian translation. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 40-43 ob.) |
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| Yakim Denisovich Turoveisky donates a village to the
Monastery of St. John the Precursor in Polotsk. Polotsk, 6 September 1507. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 46) |
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| List of documents from the 16th-17th centuries found in
the archives of the Uniate (Greek Catholic) Consistory in Polotsk. Early 19th century. Manuscript. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 15, l. 1-2) |
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| List of persons who gave their estates to Polotsk monasteries etc. [1896]. Manuscript, autograph of B. Epimakh-Shipillo. Polish. (BGAMLI, f. 66, op. 1, d. 1366, l. 10 ob.-14) |
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| Prince Michael Ivanovich of Mstislavl donates to Pustyn
Monastery a meadow
on the river Vekhra. Mstislavl, 8 May 1511. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 66) |
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| Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland, gives executive, legal and property prerogatives to the Metropolitan
bishop
Joseph Soltan of Kiev, Galicia and All Rus, his
successors and bishops. Brest, 2 July 1511. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 50-51 ob.) |
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| Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland, orders Janush Kostevich, Voivode of Vitebsk, not to persecute
the clergy of Vitebsk. Vilna, 24 July 1516. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 67-68 ob.) |
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| German Khrebtovich, Archbishop of Polotsk, confers on
Abbess Mariamna of Vitebsk the property left to
her by her husband’s will. Polotsk, 28 February 1553. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f 6, op. 1, d. 36, l. 1-5 ob.) |
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| Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland, grants the Orthodox nobles in the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania privileges equal to those of the
Catholic nobility. Vilna, 7 June 1563. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish with Russian translation. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 80-83 ob.) |
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| Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland, answers the petitions of the Metropolitan bishop Iona of Kiev and All Rus on church,
political and administrative matters. Grodno, 25 June 1568. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 84-86) |
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| Prince Michael Ivanovich of Mstislavl donates
to Pustyn Monastery the village of Rodivonovskoe. Mstislavl, 25 February 1526. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 65-65 ob.) |
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| Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland, informs Jan Yuryevich Ilyinich, landholder of Mstislavl, that he
confirms the right of St. Onufry’s Monastery to hold its land.
Vilna, 14 July 1529. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 64-64 ob.) |
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| Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland, orders Prince Vasily A. Polubensky, Elder of Mstislavl, to
pay contribution to St. Nicholas’ Church in Orsha established by the
previous Elder of Mstislavl, Prince Ivan Yuryevich.
Lvov, 28 August 1537. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 71-71 ob.) |
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| Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland, confirms the contribution paid by the Mstislavl princes to St.
Trinity’s Church in Mstislavl. Brest, 7 August 1544. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 74-75 ob.) |
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| Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland, orders the Council of Lords in the GDL to investigate
accusations raised by the Polotsk nobility against Archbishop Simeon of Polotsk and to invite
the Metropolitan bishop Makary of Kiev and
All Rus to attend
the court. Brest, 2 October 1544. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 76-77 ob.) |
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| Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland, at the request of the Catholic bishop Paul of Vilna, prohibits
Christian women to marry Jews, Turks and Tatars and prohibits artisans to
work on holidays. Piotrkow, 7 December 1548. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 78-78 ob.) |
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| Alexandra Gorskaya, wife of the landholder Lev Rossky, confirms the contribution to St. Nicholas’ Church in Orsha.
16 October 1552. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 79) |
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| Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland, gives a share in the Cathedral Church of St. Trinity to Mikhail Vasilyevich, priest at the Church of St. Joachim and
St. Anna
in Mstislavl. Vilna, 30 September 1563. Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 37-37 ob.) |
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