The Reciprocal Guarantee of Two Nations (Polish: Zaręczenie Wzajemne Obojga Narodów[1][2]), also Reciprocal Warranty of Two Nations,[3] Mutual Pledge of the Two Nations (Lithuanian: Abiejų Tautų tarpusavio įžadas)[4][5][6][7] and Mutual Assurance of the Two Nations,[8] was an addendum, adopted on 20 October 1791 by the Great Sejm, to the Polish-Lithuanian Constitution of 3 May 1791.[4] In the preamble of this guarantee the dualistic form of the state was confirmed and it had equal status to the Union of Lublin (1569).[4]
The Mutual Assurance of the Two Nations stated implementing principles that had not been spelled out in the Constitution. The document specified the nature of the Polish–Lithuanian union and affirmed "the unity and indivisibility", within a single state, of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[4]
- ^ Michał Rozbicki, European and American Constitutionalism in the Eighteenth Century, Uniwersytet Warszawski Ośrodek Studiów Amerykańskich, 1990, p.109–110
- ^ Kenneth W. Thompson, Rett R. Ludwikowski, White Burkett Miller, Constitutionalism and Human Rights: America, Poland, and France, University of Virginia, 1991
- ^ Harry E. Dembkowski, The Union of Lublin, Polish Federalism in the Golden Age, 1982, Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-88033-009-0, p.199
- ^ a b c d Tumelis, Juozas. "Abiejų Tautų tarpusavio įžadas". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ Zigmantas Kiaupa, The History of Lithuania, 2005, p. 161.
- ^ Carin Laurin, Baltic Yearbook of International Law, vol. 8, 2008, p. 349.
- ^ Jonathan Dewald, Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World, vol. 6, p. 36.
- ^ Bardach, Juliusz (1992). "The Constitution of May Third and the mutual assurance of the Two Nations". The Polish Review. 36 (4): 407–420. JSTOR 25778593.