The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth had an elective monarchy, with a wide suffrage of some 500,000 nobles. The system, known as the Golden Liberty, had developed as a method for powerful landowners to control the crown. The proponents of this system looked to classical examples, and the writings of the Italian Renaissance, and called their elective monarchy a rzeczpospolita, based on res publica.
the polish–lithuanian commonwealth had an elective monarchy with a wide suffrage of some 500000 nobles the system known as the golden liberty had developed as a method for powerful landowners to control the crown the proponents of this system looked to classical examples and the writings of the italian renaissance and called their elective monarchy a rzeczpospolita based on res publica