Chicken War
Chicken War or Hen War (
Background
At the start of his reign, King
Rokosz
In 1537, however, the King's policies led to a major conflict. The nobility, who gathered near
- Confirmation and extension of the privileges of the nobility;
- The carrying out of a law requiring the appointment of only local nobles to most important local offices;
- Lifting the toll or exempting the nobility from it;
- Exemption of the nobility from the tithes;
- A cleanup of the treasury, rather than its expansion;
- A cessation of further land acquisitions by Queen Bona Sforza;
- The creation of a body of permanent advisors to the king - and
- Adoption of a law concerning incompatibilitas—the incompatibility of certain offices that were not to be joined in the same hand (for instance, that of a Starosta and of a Palatine or Castellan);
Finally, the angry protesters criticized the role of Queen Bona, whom they accused for the "bad upbringing" of young Prince Sigismund Augustus (future King Sigismund II),[7] and seeking to increase her power in the state[8] even if both involvements were generally positive. It soon transpired, however, that the nobility's leaders were divided and that achieving a compromise was almost impossible.[9] Too weak to start a civil war against the King, the protesters finally agreed to what was thought a compromise.
The King rejected most of their demands but accepted the principle of incompatibilitas the next year and agreed not to force the election of the future king vivente rege, in the lifetime of the reigning king.[8] Thereupon, the nobility returned to their homes, having achieved little.[6]
See also
- Lubomirski's Rokosz
- Rokosz
- Zebrzydowski's Rokosz
References
- ISBN 978-1-78274-121-3.
- ^ Samsonowicz, Henryk (1976). Historia Polski do roku 1795 [History of Poland to 1795] (in Polish). Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne. p. 157.
- ^ Na podstawie: Stanisław Rosik, Przemysław Wiszewski, Poczet polskich królów i książąt, Wrocław 2004, str. 215
- JSTOR 25778591.
- ISBN 978-3-319-76973-8.
- ^ a b Bronikowski, Alexander (1834). The Court of Sigismund Augustus, Or Poland in the Sixteenth Century. Longmans, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman. p. 46.
- ISBN 978-1-137-51314-4.
Zborowski claimed that the young king should have a separate court rather than being a part of his mother's establishment and be taught to enjoy manly entertainments instead of spending time in the company of women.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-319-76973-8.
- OCLC 246756060.