„Niech to każdy obaczy jeśli Litwa małą krzywdę, żal, despekt i wzgardą ma od Polaków”: epizod sporu między Litwą a Koroną Polską o Inflanty

Abstract

The article analyses the text preserved in a manuscript under the title Czo za prawa X. Litewskie ma do ziemie Inflianczki a poliaczi do niei nicz niemaią ( What rights has the Duchy of Lithuania to Livonian lands while the Poles have none , most probably written in 1582). It contains legal and ideological arguments put forward by the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the disputes with the nobility of the Polish Kingdom over the possession of Livonia. The author concludes that the Lithuanian political elite retained a deep distrust of their Polish partners at the end of the sixteenth century resulting from the previous experiences gained at the time of the conclusion of the Union of Lublin and the Livonian War.