VOLYN DIETINE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XVI – FIRST HALF OF THE XVII CENTURY

Abstract

The county Dietine of the Volyn Voivodeship arose due to the Introduction of the Second Lithuanian Statute in 1566. Incorporation of Volyn with the Kyiv region and Bratslav region into the Crown in 1569 intensified the importance of this institute both in the social life of the region and in its relations with the center. Gradually, the local Dietine became usual across Volyn; county value was preserved by the election Sejmics where candidates for elected governments for Zemsky hierarchies were elected, such as judges, jurisdiction, clerk, and subcommittee. Pre-session Dietine of the Voivodeship elected six ambassadors to the Diet and formulated their attitude towards the royal instruction on noble assemblies in their instructions to the ambassadors Diet. The Volyn Dietine in its functioning borrowed the main features of the Crown Dietines, primarily the Low Polish Voivodeships, or so-called "Burrows". A special feature of the Dietine of the Volyn Voivodeship was the presence of a social group such as princes. The princes held honorable places in the Dietine; They had a priority queue for speeches. Above them were only senators, but they were usually all the same princes. The dominance of princes on the Volyn Dietine lasted until the early 1620s, although from the end of the 16th century the nobility was actively achieving its emancipation, starting to create fractions (political groups) with common collective interests. From the time of the occurrence at the end of the XVI century relational or post-dietine Dietines played an important role in the perception of Volyn noble society of the Diets decisions, especially in the context of taxes. The Dietines of the deputies were regarded by Volyn's nobility as the most important, since the deputies elected at the congress could influence the course of justice in the Crown Tribunal. The nobility has constantly increased the opportunity by borrowing new methods of implementing the Dietines that already existed in the crown. The noble congresses of Kyiv, Bratslav, and Chernihiv Voivodeships were oriented on the Dietine in Lutsk. Thus, the regional interests of the Ukrainian Voivodeships were formed.