Kalmarunionen och Krewounionen. Några anmärkningar beträffande de färska studierna av Andrzej Gaca och Hubert Bak

Sammendrag

Recently, some studies have been devoted to comparison of the Union of Krewo and the Union of Kalmar. The aim of my article is to present my views concerning the issue and to compare these views with the arguments of other scholars. I highlight the following shared features between the two unions: 1) both acts are written on middle quality material and include mistakes and corrections, but they had seals; 2) both acts included somewhat obscure provisions containing the conditions of unification; 3) both acts were not mentioned in contemporary annals and chronicles. However, the two documents were known, and they influenced subsequent treaties and projects in the Late Middle Ages. Therefore political and legal traditions of both unions did not cease.