DOCUMENT OF THE HALYCH LAND CHANCELLERY OF THE 15th CENTURY ON THE PROPERTY RELATIONS OF LOCAL NOBLES

Abstract

The article presents a brief review and publication of a document issued by the Halych Land Chancellery in 1557. The original of the Act is preserved in the National Archives of Krakow, and its content illustrates the practice of property relations of Halych gentry at the turn of the late Middle Ages and the early modern time. Among the main characters of the historical source, the following officials come into the picture – a land judge and a sub(judge, as well as representatives of the Halych nobility of the 15–16th centuries.