The "Opinions of religion and divine worship" in the Seventeenth century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from an English and Scottish perspective
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Abiejų Tautų Respubika; Anglų ir škotų keliautojų pasakojimai; Religinė tolerancija; Migracija. Keywords: Poland-Lithuania; English and Scottish travel accounts; Religious toleration; Migration.Reikšminiai žodžiai: Religinė tolerancija; Kelionių aprašymai; 17 amžius; Abiejų Tautų Respublika (ATR; Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów; Žečpospolita; Sandrauga; Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth); Tarpkonfesiniai santykiai; 17th century; Interconfessional relations; Religious toleration; Travel accounts.
ENThe article analyses English and Scottish travellers’ accounts of interdenominational relations, and specifically religious toleration, as observed in the seventeenth century Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth. It traces the changing British perception of these matters over time, from when toleration was a subject of admiration until it began to be seen as a sign of anarchic religious liberty, a weakness; something to be, as Gilbert instigated, ‘abolished and removed from the body and the bounds’ of the English monarchy. [From the publication]
- Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th-18th centuries : the formation and disappearance of an ethnic group / by Peter Paul Bajer. Leiden ; Brill, 2012. xxviii, 588 p.
- The Scottish community in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1630-1750 / Michael Broun Ayre. Kaunas : Humanitas, 2019. 385 p.
