The article concerns the period of the so-called “golden peace” in Ukraine in the years 1638-1648. The author attempted to analyze the nobility’s interest in the Cossack problem during the indicated period. He tried to respond to a question to what extent the noble elite perceived the problem of the Cossacks and what was the most important thing in noblemen’s statements. Analyzing the parliamentary sources and correspondence, the author came to the conclusion that the main message of the leaders of public opinion was to put a curb on the Cossacks and to loosen it by turns. This position was due to downplaying the problems that were growing in Ukraine.
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The article analyses selected problems pertaining to the Senate – the upper chamber in the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Two Nations during the reign of the Vasa dynasty (1587–1668). The author characterises the Senate by discussing nominations, numbers, and precedence of the senators. Moreover, he presents certain aspects associated with the role and activity of the senators in the course of the pre-Sejm campaign and during Sejm debates. While describing the work carried out by the Polish-Lithuanian Parliament the author draws attention to the less than imposing attendance, the significance of senatorial wota (opinions and commentaries of senators), and the positive impact exerted by the Senate in the final phase of the Sejm – the conclusion. Upon the basis of the conducted analyses it becomes obvious that the Senate performed, not only in the course of the debates held by the Sejm, several roles – that of a parliamentary estate, an ‘intermediary estate’, and a guardian of law.
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