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Book/Printed Material Trakai Castle Court Year Book for 1677--78.

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Title

  • Trakai Castle Court Year Book for 1677--78.

Summary

  • At the height of its power in the 15th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ruled over the territory of present-day Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine, and parts of Estonia, Moldova, Poland, and Russia. In the Union of Lublin of 1569, the Grand Duchy and the Kingdom of Poland merged to form the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The commonwealth had a highly developed legal and administrative system, based on local land courts that decided civil cases involving the gentry and castle courts that dealt with other local matters, including criminal cases. Courts were required to maintain detailed records of their proceedings, which were kept in old Byelorussian and in Polish. In the 19th century, the court records of the Grand Duchy were centralized in Vilnius, and eventually became part of the manuscript collections of the Vilnius University Library. The library now holds 543 books of court acts of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania dating from 1540 to 1845. These books are a unique source for the histories of Lithuania, Poland, and Belarus. Shown here is the Trakai castle court year book for 1677--78. Trakai is the site of an important castle, which was the seat of a large principality that included most of western and central Lithuania.

Names

  • Trakai (Lithuania). Castle Court Creator.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1677 to 1678]

Headings

  • -  Lithuania--Trakai
  • -  1677 to 1678
  • -  Court records
  • -  Courts
  • -  Trakų salos pilis

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Red lacquer stamp. Watermarks: lily, fox, fish, Alamoda (Polish coat of arms). Old signature in N. Gorbachevskiĭ catalog: 12/5966. Book was pierced with string and stamped."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1770 pages, book reinforced with loose paperboard covers (19th century); 34 x 22 x 32 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Vilnius University Library.
  • -  Content in Belarusian and Polish.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Legal Acts of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1522-1845

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667549

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Trakai . Castle Court Creator. Trakai Castle Court Year Book for --78. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1678, 1677] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667549/.

APA citation style:

Trakai . Castle Court Creator. (1677) Trakai Castle Court Year Book for --78. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1678] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667549/.

MLA citation style:

Trakai . Castle Court Creator. Trakai Castle Court Year Book for --78. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1678, 1677] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667549/>.