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''Pacta conventa'' (Latin for "articles of agreement") was a contractual agreement, from 1573 to 1764 entered into between the "Polish nation" (i.e., the szlachta (nobility) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) and a newly elected king upon his "free election" (''wolna elekcja'') to the throne.〔〔 The document was drawn up by the convocation sejm.〔 The ''pacta conventa'' affirmed the king-elect's pledge to respect the laws of the Commonwealth and specified his undertakings and promises in such realms as foreign policy, taxes, public debt, the military, and so on.〔 They varied from king to king, depending on whatever particular pledges he might have made.〔 An example of the various concrete undertakings found in a king-elect's ''pacta conventa'' is King Władysław IV Vasa's pledge to create a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy for the Baltic Sea. In addition to his own unique ''pacta conventa'', each king-elect was required to sign the Henrician Articles, a set of privileges named after the first king who signed them, Henry of Poland.〔 Unlike the ''pacta conventa'', the Henrician Articles were constant and unchanging.〔 The distinction between the two documents gradually faded away over successive elections. Together, those two documents spelled out most of the key details of the Commonwealth political system.〔 ==See also== * Royal elections in Poland * Warsaw Confederation 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pacta conventa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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