The
Journal of Byelorussian Studies
Vol. I, No. 4
THE MEMOIRS OF
THEODORE JEULASHEUSKI,
ASSESSOR OF NAVAHRUDAK (1546-1604)
translated and annotated by
A. Nadson
...The author... was a minor nobleman from
Lachavichy,
a small town in the Navahrudak district of estern Byelorussia...At
least
once, in 1579, he represented his county in Parliament, and in the year
1592 he was elected to the office of junior county judge (assessor)...
...Political events were not the prime
interest of Jeulasheuski and he was content to make short notes of some
of the most important of
them, <knowing that enough has been written by others in this
subject>.While retaining the character of personal reminiscences,
the Memoirs provide
a lively picture of the social life of Byelorussian nobility in the
second
half of the 16th century and indirectly shed some light on important
political
events in Byelorussia during one of the most interesting periods of its
history...
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