| Title: | Baltic mss. |
| Collection No.: | LMC 1050 |
| Dates: | 1539-1710 |
| Quantity: | Quantity: 4 bound |
| Abstract: | The Baltic mss., 1539-1710, consists primarily of Russian and Slavic legal documents. |
| Location: | Lilly - Stacks |
| Language: | Russian , Slavic languages . |
| Repository: | Lilly Library 1200 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500 Business Number: 812-855-2452 liblilly@iu.edu URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library |
In 1539, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France signed the Treaty of Toledo, agreeing to make no further alliances with England. In the same year, Charles V stifled a rebellion in Ghent and signed the Treaty of Franfurt with the Lutheran Schmalkaldic League.
In 1710, Pylyp Orlyk, a Cossack of Ukraine, was elected as the Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host and published Pacts and Constitutions of Rights and Freedoms of the Zaporizhian Host . In the same year, during the Great Northern War, Sweden lost control of Estonia and Livonia to the Russian Empire.
The Baltic mss., 1539-1710, consists of four volumes of Russian and Slavic legal documents authored by various persons.
Note on Indexing Term - "Law": Of interest is: Das lieflandische ritterrecht...von 1539 and a July 20, 1634, (copy) Courland, Ritterbank. Ritter-buch....
Note on Indexing Term - "Slavs": Of interest are treaties from Poland dated 1561-1634.
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[Item], Baltic mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Purchase: 1953, 1954