Resumptions and Limitations of the Crown Tribunal in the Years 1660–1700

Abstract

The period since the end of the Second Northern War until the outbreak of the Great Northern War was the moment of a firm functioning of the Crown Tribunal. Only during that time, the Tribunal resumption was stopped three times which was caused by interregnum. The Tribunal’s work was not resumed during the following terms of office: 1668–1669, 1674–1675 and 1696–1697. Also during that period, the inauguration of the Tribunal courts was delayed few times. Because of awaiting for the end of a coronation sejm, there was a delay in resumption in the following terms of office: 1669–1670, 1675–1676 and 1697–1698, and because of the Gołąbska Confederation, in the 1672–1673 term of office, the Tribunal resumption started at the beginning of 1673. Between 1660 and 1700, the meeting of Tribunal was finished earlier three times. Such situation took place during the terms of office: 1667–1668, 1673–1674 and 1695–1696, which was caused by abdication of Jan Kazimierz and death of the first “countrymen kings”. What is more, the operation of the Tribunal was disrupted four times because of the levy in mass. Such limitations happened in the years 1667–1668, 1669–1670, 1670–1671 and 1671–1672.