Rus Restored - Selected Writings of Meletij Smotryckyj (16101630)

Informationen zum Autor David A. Frick is a Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley. Klappentext Meletij Smotryc'kyj was at the center of the debates that agitated Ruthenia in the period following the Union of Brest (1596). This was a turbulent time for Ukraine! as the Uniate and Orthodox Churches sought to gain control over the confessional lives of Ruthenians. An ongoing debate was waged in writing! with each side publishing impassioned attacks on their opponents' views and fervent defenses of their own. A prominent religious figure and polemicist! Smotryc'kyj was caught up in the struggle between Orthodox and Uniate beliefs. In the early 1600s! Smotryc'kyj emerged as one of the leading spokesmen for Ruthenian renewal under the Orthodox! or dis-Uniate! banner. His polemics served as the cornerstone of the Orthodox response to the Polish-Lithuanian Reformation and Counter-Reformation. He later converted to Uniatism in 1627 and sought to expose the weaknesses of the Orthodox Church! arguing for a new unity between the eastern and western Churches. The works collected in this volume! written by Smotryc'kyj over a period of twenty years! offer unique insight into the elite of early modern Rus' and their place in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Zusammenfassung A prominent religious figure, Meletij Smotryc´kyj was caught up in the struggle between Orthodox and Uniate beliefs. His polemics served as the cornerstone of the Orthodox response to the Polish-Lithuanian Reformation and Counter-Reformation. The works collected here offer unique insight into the elite of early modern Rus´.

Product details

• Authors: Meletij Smotryc´kyj, Meletij Smotryc´kyj, Meletij Smotryckyj
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2006
• EAN: 9780916458645
• ISBN: 978-0-916458-64-5
• No. of pages: 880
• Series: Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature; Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute Publications
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Ukraine, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, HISTORY / Europe / Ukraine