- Rokosz
A rokosz [IPA|ˈrɔkɔʂ] , originally, was a
gathering of all the Polish "szlachta " (nobility ), not merely of deputies, for a "sejm ". The term was introduced to thePolish language fromHungary , where analogous gatherings took place at a field calledRákos .With time, "rokosz" came to signify an armed
rebellion by thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 's "szlachta " against the king, in the name of defending threatened liberties. The nobles who gathered for a "rokosz" formed a "confederation" ("konfederacja").The institution of the rokosz, in this later sense, derived from the
medieval right to resist royal power. The rokosz took its authority from the right to refuse obedience to the king, as stipulated in thePrivilege of Mielnik ("przywilej mielnicki", signedOctober 23 ,1501 ) and later in theHenrician Articles of 1573.Two of the best-known rokoszes are the 17th-century,
Zebrzydowski Rebellion , and the 16th-century,Chicken War .ee also
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Civil war
* Confederation ("konfederacja")
*Golden Liberty
*Insurrection
*Lubomirski's Rokosz
*Rebellion
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