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THE AUTHORS OF THE UNION OF HORODLO
The authoress supposes that the numerous resolutions of the Union of Horodlo of 2 October 1413 had been authored by various subjects, both individual and collective ones. The creator of the article concerning succession to the throne in Poland and Lithuania, after the death of Jagiello and Witold, as well as of the resolution introducing the permanence of the institution of grand ducal authority in Lithuania, which is closely associated with it, including after the death of Witold, was none other but Ladislaus Jagiello himself. It was also the latter one who together with Witold extended the scope of the land privileges for the Lithuanian boyars. The price which the Poles had to pay for the succession article and the stabilization of the grand ducal power in Lithuania was the article concerning the incorporation of Lithuania into Poland in the year 1386 and in the present. The above article was of considerable importance from the ideological point of view, but had no real foundations. The authoress is of the opinion that it was the archbishop of Gniezno Mikolaj Traba, who at that time as well as previously had enjoyed Jagiello's full trust, that had been the real initiator of Lithuanian boyars' heraldic adoption by the Poles. The authoress is also of the opinion that the complete texts of all four Union documents had been brought to Horodlo only to be sealed there.
Key words: Ladislaus Jagiello, grand duke Witold, Union of Horodlo, succession to the throne, archbishop Mikolaj Trçba, heraldic adoption, Union documents
Slowa kluczowe: Wiadysiaw Jagiello, wielki ksi^zç Witold, unia horodelska, sukcesja tronu, arcybiskup Mikolaj Trçba, adopcja herbowa, dokumenty unijne
Zawarcie unii miçdzy Królestwem Polskim a Wielkim Ksiçstwem Litewskim w miasteczku Horodle nad Bugiem 2 pazdziemika 1413 roku nalezy do wydarzeñ historyczny eh o wielkim znaczeniu w dziejach stosunków wzajemnych - polity cznych i spolecznych obu narodów. W tresci dokumentów unii miesci siç bardzo wiele w^tków, jednak mimo istnienia duzej literatury na jej temat o bezposrednich okolicznosciach jej zawarcia niewiele wiemy. Jak zwykle istnieje mozliwosc zadania nowych pytañ, poszukania innych odpowiedzi na pytania juz zadane i zrewidowania dotychczasowych s^dów. Do tych nowych problemów badawczych nie dose jas- no przedstawionych nalezy pytanie o twórców unii...