Oct 1, 2022
A ROKOSZ ORIGINALLY WAS A GATHERING OF ALL THE POLISH SZLACHTA (NOBILITY), NOT MERELY OF DEPUTIES, FOR A SEJM. THE TERM WAS INTRODUCED TO THE POLISH LANGUAGE...
A ROKOSZ ORIGINALLY WAS A GATHERING OF ALL THE POLISH SZLACHTA (NOBILITY), NOT MERELY OF DEPUTIES, FOR A SEJM. THE TERM WAS INTRODUCED TO THE POLISH LANGUAGE FROM HUNGARY, WHERE ANALOGOUS GATHERINGS TOOK PLACE AT A FIELD CALLED RÁKOS. WITH TIME, "ROKOSZ" CAME TO SIGNIFY AN ARMED, SEMI-LEGAL, REBELLION BY THE SZLACHTA OF THE POLISH–LITHUANIAN COMMONWEALTH AGAINST THE KING, IN THE NAME OF DEFENDING THREATENED LIBERTIES.THE NOBLES WHO GATHERED FOR A ROKOSZ FORMED A "CONFEDERATION".