Two careers of Sanok nobles in the 15th and 17th centuries: Petro Smolytskyy and Matviy-Stanislav Ustrytskyy

Abstract

Both nobles – Petro Smolytskyy and Matviy-Stanislav Ustrytskyy lived in different centuries, but both were born on Sanok land, had Ukrainian roots, came through similar typical for the nobles of these times stages of self-affirmation in noble society. Their successful life strategies are good examples how provincial nobility gained property and reached socio-political growth within their regional communities.