Ordinary Sejm in Cracow. 1531-1532.

The Sejm was convoked in October 1531 for December 6th of the same year. Pre-Sejm Sejmiks were held in November 1531. Cracow was the chosen venue in light of planned warfare and the King’s military presence. Following a few days’ delay, Sejm debates commenced on December 10th 1531. Matters of Mazovian taxation were raised. The issue of vassals’ rights to participate in royal elections was discussed as well in the wake of an intervention by Albrecht, Duke of Prussia. The Sejm concluded on January 20th 1532.

See: L. Kolankowski, Zygmunt August, wielki książę Litwy, do roku 1548, Lviv 1913; Z. Wojciechowski, Zygmunt Stary, Warsaw 1946; S. Cynarski, Zygmunt August, Wrocław 1988; A. Sucheni-Grabowska, Zygmunt August król polski i wielki książę litewski 1520-1562, Warsaw 1996; W. Uruszczak, Sejm walny koronny w latach 1506-1540, Warsaw 1980; W. Uruszczak, Ustawy Zygmunta I z lat 1530 i 1538 w sprawie elekcji królewskiej, in: Prawo wczoraj i dziś. Studia dedykowane profesor Katarzynie Sójce-Zielińskiej, ed. G. Bałtruszajtys, Warsaw 2000, pp. 349-360; A. Vetulani, Lenno pruskie. Od traktatu krakowskiego do śmierci księcia Albrechta (The Prussian Fiefdom. Royal Treaty until the Death of Duke Albrecht), Cracow 1930. For legislation, see Volumina Constitutionum, vol. 1, part 2, prepared for print by W. Uruszczak, S. Grodziski, I. Dwornicka, Warsaw 2000, pp. 94-114.