This monograph by the preeminent historian of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, researcher at The Institute of Lithuanian History, and professor at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Dr. Habil. Antanas Tyla, analyzes the development of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania’s treasury and tax system from the mid-16th to the mid-17th centuries, the dynamics of tax revenues flowing into the state and court treasuries as well as the different categories of expenditures and their effectiveness in meeting state goals, especially defense. There is an account of the impact of the Union of Lublin on the treasury, the expansion of taxable objects, the financing of the Livonian War, Stephan Bathory’s military campaign against Muscovy, Sigismund Vasa’s dynastic policy arguments with Sweden, the Commonwealth’s war against Muscovy and the re-taking of Smolensk, and the adjustment of the tax system to meet increasing needs.
The book is in Lithuanian, with Polish and English summaries.
ISBN 978-609-8061-13-0