СтаттяЗовнішня публікація23 листопада 2021 р.

European traditions of urban self-government in the Left Bank Ukraine in the period of Early Modernism

Domanova Hanna

Анотація

City self-government is associated with German law, the most common of which was Magdeburg law. It was implemented in the cities of the Left Bank at the end of the 16th century, becoming widespread in Ukrainian cities and towns from the 14th century. The purpose of the article is to generalize and analyze the locational privileges of Polish kings to the cities of the Left Bank Ukraine, which testified the development of the institution of city self-government in the form of Magdeburg law. At the end of the 16th and the first half of the 17th centuries, Pereyaslav (Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky), Lubny, Starodub, Chernihiv, Nizhyn, Gogoliv, Mglyn, Myrhorod, and the town of Lypove Horodyshche (Lypove village) received similar privileges. King of Poland Jan II Casimir Waza granted Magdeburg privileges to Oster and Kozelets during the military winter campaign of 1663. The methodological basis of the study is the principle of historicism. The methods are based on the principles of objectivism and scientificity. The article uses the method of analysis and synthesis, historical-typological, comparative-historical methods. The scientific novelty of the article is that for the first time the locational privileges of Polish kings to the cities of the Left Bank Ukraine, which start the European self-governing tradition, are systematized and analyzed. Conclusions: the spread of Magdeburg law in the cities of the Left Bank Ukraine took the form of several waves, but a characteristic feature of most cities is their special border status. Granting the Magdeburg law was to ensure economic development, and at the same time defence power. Royal privileges were given to cities that were in private ownership, newly established, for more active colonization of lands, as well as existing settlements. The practice of giving confirmations to Magdeburg law was widespread.