Examples of 'szlachta' in a sentence

Meaning of "szlachta"

Szlachta refers to the noble class in Poland and Lithuania historically. It was a privileged social group that played a significant role in the countries' political and cultural life during the medieval and early modern periods
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  • Nobility of Poland, and Lithuania.
  • A legally privileged noble class in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Coats of arms were very important to the szlachta.
The szlachta fighters soon left.
Eventually it formed a significant part of the szlachta.
Domestic szlachta functioned as servants in magnate family households.
Such localities are usually inhabited by yeomanry drobna szlachta.
Szlachta was turning into the ruling class.
Other social classes tried to emulate the szlachta.
Born into a szlachta family.
Leaders of the defence were local intellectuals and szlachta.
The rights and privileges of the szlachta became proverbial.
It also includes some rights earlier enjoyed only by szlachta.
The szlachta uprising.
Jews dead and similar number of szlachta also.
In theory all szlachta members were social equals and were formally legal peers.
His family belonged to the untitled landed gentry szlachta.

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The szlachta differed in many respects from the nobility in other countries.
The rule of the dignitaries was actively opposed by various groups of szlachta.
The same acts guaranteed that he would not confiscate any szlachta property without a court verdict.
There are numerous recipes preserved to our times in countless diaries of the szlachta.
The Szlachta were differentiated from the rural population.
Armenian karabela was the first example of a ceremonial sword used by the szlachta.
One of the favourite szlachta pastimes was hunting Łowiectwo.
Most pancerni were recruited from the middle or lower classes or szlachta nobility.
The szlachta also saw in the Jews dangerous competitors in commercial and financial undertakings.
The burghers demanded similar privileges to those held by the nobles szlachta.
Some Lithuanian szlachta once again switched the sides and deserted to the Russians.
There are numerous recipes preserved up to present times in countless diaries of the szlachta.
In a Polish szlachta family of Volhynia.
He wrote many classic poems and novels about the life of the szlachta.
The Polish Szlachta was a historic enemy of the Ukrainian people.
Several of them were ennobled as a result and admitted into the ranks of the szlachta.
Descends from the szlachta of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Alaiza Pashkievich was born to a wealthy szlachta family.
Today the word szlachta simply translates as " nobility.
Narezhny came from a poor Szlachta family.
The szlachta was on the run from its peasants, their palaces and estates in flames.
Catholic Lithuanian boyars were to enjoy the same privileges as Polish nobles szlachta.
As an effect of a pogrom, most of the local szlachta and Jews were killed.
It has been noted for its mighty aristocracy ( magnateria ) and rich nobility szlachta.
At the same time, the Szlachta were steadily losing their special privileges.
The given name Stanisław was popular with the Polish szlachta family of Poniatowski.
However abroad, outside Polish Szlachta circles, it was considered a Morganatic marriage.
Polish nobility Wiśniowiecki family List of szlachta.
Szczuka was born to a middle-class szlachta family and educated in Wilno and Kraków.
Religious tolerance, was an ideal of the szlachta.
Some of the actors were sent to the Szlachta Corps ( Шляхетный корпус ) to get education.
Duzh-Dushewski was born into an impoverished szlachta family.
Poryck belonged to several szlachta families, including the Koniecpolski and Czacki families.
Confederation of Szlachta.
Szlachta Culture = = The Polish nobility differed in many respects from the nobility of other countries.

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