Polonia Reformata Essays on the Polish Reformation(s)
Polonia Reformata: Essays on the Polish Reformation(s)

In his fascinating new book, Polonia Reformata. Essays on the Polish Reformation(s), Professor Piotr Wilczek of the University of Warsaw discusses selected aspects of Polish early modern religious history and literature, introducing them from a new perspective and emphasizing the great role of Polan...

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Main Author: Wilczek, Piotr 1962- (Author)
Other Authors: Frank, Günter 1956- (Editor), Gordon, Bruce (Editor), Lamberigts, Mathijs (Editor), Mahlmann-Bauer, Barbara (Editor), Rasmussen, Tarald (Editor), Schilling, Johannes (Editor), Tóth, Zsombor (Editor), Wassilowsky, Günther (Editor), Westphal, Siegrid (Editor), Whitford, David M. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Göttingen Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2016
Edition:1. Aufl
Series:Refo500 Academic Studies (R5AS)
Subjects:
Geschichte
Reformation
Polen
Aufsatzsammlung
Online Access:DE-1052
DE-860
DE-M483
DE-1949
DE-473
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Summary:In his fascinating new book, Polonia Reformata. Essays on the Polish Reformation(s), Professor Piotr Wilczek of the University of Warsaw discusses selected aspects of Polish early modern religious history and literature, introducing them from a new perspective and emphasizing the great role of Poland's radical Reformation in European intellectual life. At the same time, the author presents the varieties of religious experience and expression to be found in the Polish-Lituanian Commonwealth, and questions certain myths about Poland's Reformation and Counter-Reformation history and culture, which have featured in European historiography at least since the publication in 1685 of Stanislas Lubieniecki's Historia reformationis Polonicae. The book's general introduction about Polish "religion on the periphery" is followed by essays on the reception of John Calvin's works, the role of Socinianism, religious polemics and the major religious poets of the early modern period, including Jan Kochanowski, probably a Lutheran in his youth and an Erasmian Catholic later in life, and Erazm Otwinowski, the finest Polish-language poet in the community of the Polish Brethren (Socinians). In this engaging study, Professor Wilczek also looks at the broader European contexts that played an important role in the development of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation in Central and Eastern Europe. This meticulously researched book will appeal to scholars and general readers interested in early modern religion, culture, literature and history
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (145 Seiten) 155 x 232 mm
DOI:10.13109/9783666552502

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