Christianizacijos plėtra Žemaitijoje XV a. pabaigoje - XVI a. pirmojoje pusėje remiantis asmenvardžių duomenimis : Karšuvos valsčiaus pavyzdys

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Asmenvardis; Bajorai; Christianizacija; Karšuva; Krikščionybė; Krikščionėjimas; 15 amžius; 16 amžius; Reformacija; Vardai; Žemaitija (Samogitia); Chrisdanity; Christian names; Christianisation; Christianising names; Christianity; Karšuva county; Lithuanian XV-XVI c. history; Name giving; Nobility; Reformation; Samogitia; The Diocese of Žemaitija.

ENWhen Lithuanian historians discuss the more or less complete establishment of Chrisdanity in the Diocese of Žemaitija they rely more on theory to stress that this happened during the early seventeenth century. Zenonas Ivinskis opposed this theory in his later work and it is undermined by the very early example of Reformation preaching we have from Jonas Tartilavičius of Batakai, who preached Lutheran sermons in Šilalė in 1536. After Ivinskis studied the letters of Martynas Mažvydas he noted that Christian culture had taken hold in south-western Žemaitija at least by the middle of the sixteenth century. In order to establish the time when Catholic Christian became established in the diocese of Žemaitija to analyse the use of Christian names in three Žemaitijan districts - Kražiai (which integrated the Kelmė District within its boundaries in the sixteenth century), Telšiai and Karšuva. We sought to discern when the giving of Christian names replaced the use of old pagan names. This article deals with the case of Karšuva which lies between Tartilavičius’ birthplace, Batakiai, and his final workplace, Šilalė.On the basis of an analysis of the recording of Christian names among those listed in the 1528 census, we can state that at that time Christian names dominated, and hence this must reflect namegiving traditions in the period 1483-1510. The period of Christianising names may have been earlier, judging by patronymic evidence. Data from the 1567 census show that by that time Christian names dominate the data with no old pagan names appearing in the record. As for the active Christian way of life noted by Mažvydas in south-western Žemaitija and the protestant activities of J. Tartilavičius of Batakiai during the 1530s, we may say that these two cases are not coincidental. In Karšuva, which lay between the areas noted by Mažvydas and Batakiai, the dynamics of the formation of Christian traditions in name-giving show that Christian practice here was very active and this leads us to consider the possible effects of Christian environments and, in Tartilavičius’ case, personalities. [From the publication]

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