Photo: A wiec in the time of Poland's King Casimir III (reigned 1333-70).
Veche – The Ancient Popular Assembly In Medieval Slavic Countries
Veche (vijeće, wiec) was a public council and one of the most ancient Slavic traditions which ruined the mighty Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. How come? Slavs always had the military democracy. Early medieval Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea wrote in the 6 AD about […] More