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    Pospolite ruszenie (Polish pronunciation: [pɔspɔˈlitɛ ruˈʂɛɲɛ], lit. mass mobilization; "Noble Host", Latin: motio belli, the French term levée en masse...
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  • Sejm. In the 17th century a Regimentarz was also the commander of Pospolite ruszenie in cases where a castellan or a voivode could not command personally...
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  • Chmielnicki Uprising, he was elected as one of the Regimentarz of the pospolite ruszenie and took part on the losing side of the Battle of Pyliavtsi in 1648...
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    thousand soldiers. French Revolutionary Army Fédérés La patrie en danger Pospolite ruszenie Cobb, Richard (1987). "Instrument of the Terror in the Departments...
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    Ossoliński elected on Convocation Sejm as one of three regimentarz of the pospolite ruszenie during the Battle of Pyliavtsi in 1648. Because of his incompetence...
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  • Lubomirski, with the support of part of the army and the conscripted pospolite ruszenie, defeated royal forces at the Battle of Matwy in 1666. The rebellion...
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    mobilising one man from each ten cottages, and on 3 December appointed the pospolite ruszenie as auxiliaries to the regular troops. These regular Army units, alongside...
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    chancellors or the deputy chancellors. The king had no right to call a pospolite ruszenie (levée en masse) without the approval of the Sejm. Further, the Articles...
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    towards the encampment of the Greater Poland Levy of the Nobility (pospolite ruszenie) encamped among the banks of the Noteć river, with some regular infantry...
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    of the szlachta had the personal obligation to defend the country (pospolite ruszenie), thereby becoming within the kingdom a military caste and aristocracy...
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    1812 War), Kraków, 1937. A. Rembowski, "Konfederacja Generalna i pospolite ruszenie w roku 1812" ("The General Confederation and Levee en Masse in 1812")...
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  • and from 1653, piechota łanowa, registered Cossacks (until 1699), pospolite ruszenie, royal guard, armies of magnates and cities, and wojsko ordynackie...
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    directed at Greater Poland. The Crown army, consisting mostly of pospolite ruszenie and devoid of a commander, capitulated before the Swedes. The capitulation...
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    their principal duty: mandatory military service in case of war (pospolite ruszenie). The division of the nobility into two main layers was institutionalized...
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    Moscow. In the Duchy of Warsaw he was the vice-Regimentarz of the pospolite ruszenie (general call-up). To protect family land holdings in Ukraine, Sanguszko...
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    The Deluge. He played an important role in persuading the militia (pospolite ruszenie) to surrender at Ujście. In 1662 he was pardoned by the Sejm. In 1667...
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    undermined Polish eastern trade. The king promised help and called the pospolite ruszenie, the royal army and mercenaries. In November 1485, the Poles commanded...
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  • issuing new laws, when levying the mobilisation of armed forces (pospolite ruszenie), or when imposing new taxes. The Statutes strengthened the position...
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  • komputowe. skarb rawski [pl] piechota wybraniecka (piechota łanowa) pospolite ruszenie Michta, Andrew A. (1990). Red Eagle: The Army in Polish Politics,...
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  • in the 15th century) wici was replaced by the letter mustering the pospolite ruszenie. Sending the wici was described in Libri Inscriptionum or the "Books...
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    Europe, knights (noblemen, the Polish szlachta) were called for war (pospolite ruszenie) until the end of the 18th century, or until the end of the (Saxon...
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    Casimir of Poland, decided to become Swedish allies together with the pospolite ruszenie (Levée en masse) of Greater Poland to Charles X Gustav of Sweden....
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  • of assembling local nobility's military forces in the event of a pospolite ruszenie (levée en masse). Each chose a Deputy Voivode, who was responsible...
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    important rights with regards to control over the military: levying the pospolite ruszenie, the Polish levée en masse, could not be done without their consent...
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    kept despite Lithuanian attacks. Soon afterwards, rebel cavalry, pospolite ruszenie and other forces joined Zarudny and his men. The cavalry of Sieniawski...
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  • of the Crown army. In June, both the regular army and szlachta's pospolite ruszenie moved decisively against the Tatar-Cossack forces. At the Battle of...
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    Ogiński, Radziwiłł and Pac families and their supporters (including a pospolite ruszenie of Lithuanian and Samogitian szlachta), led by Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki...
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    Łukomski. At the head of regular army units and some noble levy (pospolite ruszenie) forces, he defeated the Royal army at Częstochowa in 1665 and royal...
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    was supplemented by two formations mobilized in case of war: the pospolite ruszenie (Polish levée en masse – feudal levy of mostly noble knights-landholders)...
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    from his new subjects in Elbing and Thorn, he directed to Konitz a pospolite ruszenie (levée en masse) of Polish nobles from Kuyavia, which replaced the...
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