A rokosz (ˈrɔkɔʂ) originally was a gathering of all the Polish szlachta (nobility), not merely of deputies, for a sejm. The term was introduced to the Polish language from Hungary, where analogous gatherings took place at a field called Rákos. With time, `rokosz` came to signify an armed, semi-legal, rebellion by the szlachta of the Polish-.....
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(from the article `Poland`) Suspicions that Sigismund`s policies were guided by his dynastic interests contributed to a domestic confrontation: the 1606–08 rokosz (`rebellion`). ...
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