Document specifying the nature of the Polish–Lithuanian union
Original manuscript of the Mutual Pledge of the Two Nations
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]
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