Lietuvos Metrika (1548-1549) Kn. 32

The Lithuanian Metrica is a series of books containing copies of documents drawn in the chancery of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 15th-18th century. Documents of every description are incorporated into the books of the Lithuanian Metrica, including the rulers' privileges to the nobility regarding land donation, appointments to various offices and positions, privileges to cities and towns, wills, court rulings, letters of central institutions to local officers, state treachery documents, diplomatic correspondence, etc. The book of inscriptions of the Lithuanian Metrica no. 32 contains documents issued by Bona Sforza, the Queen of Poland and the Grand Duchess of Lithuania, in the period from 1548 to1549 related to the administration of the Queen's domains in the territories of ethnic Lithuania, Podlachia, Polesia and Volhynia and various issues concerning property matters and litigations of the nobles and townspeople of the said regions. In total the book contains 87 documents in the Ruthenian and Latin languages. This book resulted from the cooperation of Lithuanian and Ukrainian historians in the publication of the Lithuanian Metrica.