Nihil novi

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Nihil novi nisi commune consensu ("Nothing new without the common consent") is the original Latin title of a 1505 act or constitution adopted by the Polish Sejm (parliament), meeting in the royal castle at Radom.

Etymology

The

Vulgate Bible phrase, "nihil novi sub sole" ("there is nothing new under the sun"), in Ecclesiastes 1:9.[1]

"Nihil novi" in this political sense, is interpreted in the vernacular as "Nothing about us without us" (in Polish, "Nic o nas bez nas").

History

Plaque at Radom Castle, commemorating 500th anniversary of adoption there, in 1505, of Act of Nihil novi

Nihil novi effectively established "nobles' democracy" in what came to be known as the Polish "Commonwealth [or Republic] of the Nobility". It was a major component of the evolution and eventual dominant position of the Polish parliament (Sejm).[2][3]

Nihil novi

The act of Nihil novi was passed in 1505 during a Sejm session in Radom (sejm of Radom (1505) [pl]) that lasted from 30 March to 31 May and was held at the royal castle in Radom [pl].[4] It was signed by King Alexander Jagiellon on 31 March[5] and passed by Sejm on 30 May.[3][6][7]

The Sejm's 1505 Act of Nihil novi nisi commune consensu marked an important victory for Poland's

Jews.[citation needed
]

Nihil novi invalidated the

Nobles' Democracy," which was but a limited democracy as only male nobility (szlachta) were able to participate[3]
(the nobility constituting some ten percent of the Republic's population, still a higher eligible percentage than in much of Europe).

That same year, the

feudal lords, thereby firmly establishing a "second serfdom
" in Poland.

Text

Wikisource has original text related to this article:

Whereas general

senators and the land deputies, that shall be prejudicial or onerous to the Commonwealth [or "Republic"] or harmful and injurious to anyone, or that would tend to alter the general law and public liberty.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ King James Version: "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun." New International Version: "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."
  2. JSTOR 25778591
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  3. ^
    ISSN 1643-8191
    . Na mocy aktu uchwalonego 30 maja, w którym zapewniano, że „nihil...
  4. ISBN 978-83-7052-230-8
    . na następnym też sejmie, który obradował w Radomiu od 30 marca do 31 maja 1505
  5. ISBN 978-0-7195-4283-1
    . granted on 31 March 1505 by King Aleksander
  6. ISBN 978-83-235-5525-4
    . konstytucję wydano z datą 30 maja
  7. ^ Szpoper, Dariusz (2015). "Cura te ipsum! W odpowiedzi W. Uruszczakowi" (PDF). Studia z Dziejów Państwa i Prawa Polskiego (in Polish). 18: 256–272. Uchwalona na sejmie walnym w Radomiu w dniu 30 maja 1505 r. konstytucja Nihil novi stanowiła
  8. ^ Translated from Polish.

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