State registration of the royal privileges of Lishnia Monastery in Peremysl town acts(the second half of the 17th - first half of the 18th century)

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to find out the significance of royal privileges registration in Przemyśl town court acts for determining the property and legal status of Lishnia monastery. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the analysis of the found copies of royal privileges and compilation of their registration list. The research methodology is based on the use of an analytical and synthetic criticism of historical documents. The comparison methods of various copies of royal privileges, which have survived to our time and were included into the town act books during different historical periods, have been used. The Conclusion. Thus, at the end of the 17th century the monastery filvarok of Lishnia monastery took on a clear outline. Owing to the royal privileges, economic support was created for the operation of the monastery. The privileges analyzed by us, in addition to the economic component, contained the issue of regulating the administrative management of the monastery. After all, the abode under consideration was located on the lands that were part of the royal dining estates of Sambir economy. Accordingly, the royal right of patronage and the right of submission extended to the monastery. Since, as evidenced by the privileges, the kings not only granted land for the monastic filvark, but also approved the abbots of the monasteries. However, with the formation of the Holy Intercession Province (1739) and the withdrawal of the Union monasteries from the jurisdiction of the local bishops, the Polish kings, as well as the local nobility, lost the right to approve the abbots of the monasteries, and instead, they retained the right of the colliers – the granting of various economic rights and freedoms (the right to cut down the forest, milling, innkeeping, salt making, provision of soil, buildings, etc.). The appointment of abbots was transferred to the competences of provincial administration (archabbot and four advisers). The state registration of the royal privileges granted to Lishnia monastery in Przemyśl town court act books gave them legal validity for the protection of their property rights. The discovery and study of these privileges allows modern researchers to outline the material foundations of the monastery's existence, determine its abbots, and trace the legal relations of church institutions with secular authorities. It was determined that in the absence of primary monastery foundation documentation, royal privileges as act sources recorded information about the monastery existence.