PROTESTANTIUN AUSTRUMU KRISTI EŠI LATGAL ē POLIJAS -LIETUVAS VALDīŠā, 1582-1772: Protestants and Eastern Christians in Latgale during Polish-Lithuanian rule, 1582-1772.
In the 16th-18th centuries the denominational landscape of Latgale was neither constant nor homogenous and was defined by two major factors: 1) recatholisation -- a gradual establishment of the Roman Catholic church in the region and voluntary and variously motivated conversions of the majority of t...
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| Language: | Latvian |
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LU Akadēmiskais apgāds
2011
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Cel̜š
Year: 2011, Issue: 61, Pages: 147-178 |
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Christians
B Lutheran Church B Lutherans B Protestants B Catholic Church B Aristocracy (Social class) B CONVERSION (Religion) |
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| Summary: | In the 16th-18th centuries the denominational landscape of Latgale was neither constant nor homogenous and was defined by two major factors: 1) recatholisation -- a gradual establishment of the Roman Catholic church in the region and voluntary and variously motivated conversions of the majority of the local Lutheran elite, 2) the practice of religious toleration characteristic to Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as well as anticlerical attitudes as an integral part of the aristocratic culture. With the conversion of influential patrons by the end of the 17th century Lutheranism transformed from a dominant denomination of the region into a minority group mostly confined to Krustpils (Kreuzburg) area. Despite these changes the remaining representatives of Protestant aristocracy (mainly Lutheran, 178 but also some members of the Reformed tradition) retained their class privileges and the possibility to hold administrative and military offices of local importance. Led by economic interest, the nobility (at that time already predominantly Roman Catholic) gave protection to the Old Believers fleeing persecution in Russia and allowed them to settle in their lands. It was also because of unresponsiveness of the noblemen that Catholic bishops did not succeed in restricting the religious freedom of the Old Believers, who by 1772 became the largest religious minority group in the region. The history of the Orthodox community in Latgale during Polish- Lithuanian rule remains quite nebulous, however, its presence in the periphery of the region is undeniable and provides an opportunity for further research. |
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