Праваслаўныя Вялікага Княства Літоўскага ў дыпламатычнай рыторыцы ў канцы XIV - пачатку XVI ст.ст.

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Праваслаўныя Вялікага Княства Літоўскага ў дыпламатычнай рыторыцы ў канцы XIV - пачатку XVI ст.ст
Alternative Title:
Orthodox believers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in diplomatic rhetoric in the end of the 14th-beginning the 16th centuries
Authors:
Котаў, Павел Аляксандравіч
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Przegląd Środkowo-Wschodni [Central and Eastern review]. 2021, 6, p. 9-30
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13 amžius - 1569. Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė. LDK; Diplomatija / Diplomacy; Oratorystė. Retorika. Stilistika / Oratory. Rhetoric. Stylistics; Tarptautiniai konfliktai. Karai / International conflicts. Wars; Bažnyčios istorija / Church history; Baltarusija (Belarus); Lietuva (Lithuania); Rusija (Russia); Ukraina (Ukraine).
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LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštytė; Vokiečių ordinas; Stačiatikių bažnyčia; Katalikų bažnyčia; Diplomatinė retorika; Karai su Maskva; Bažnytinė unija; Konstancos susirinkimas; Bazelio susirinkimas. Keywords: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Teutonic Order; Orthodox church; Catholic church; Diplomatic retoric; Wars with Moscow; Ecclesiastical union; Council of Constance; Council of Basel.

ENArticle deals with a variety of ways by which Orthodox believers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were present in diplomatic rhetoric in the end of the 14th-beginning 16th centuries. After the conversion of the Lithuanians in 1386, Teutonic Order tried to prove that Grand Duchy is not a good Christian country by pointing to the Orthodox majority in Lithuania. Knights depicted Orthodox Ruthenians as enemies of the Roman church and heretics, who enjoyed the benevolence of Lithuanian rulers. Polish-Lithuanian side firstly also accused the knights of favoring Eastern Christians, but later at the Council of Constance in 1414–1418 presented their Orthodox subjects as ones, who are ready to reunite with the Western church. In 1430-s the same tropes were reproduced by different actors. There were Polish representatives, who drew the picture of the Orthodox threat in Lithuania in front of the Council of Basel and Teutonic diplomacy, which assisted grand duke Svidtrigaila in attempts of reuniting Orthodox Ruthenians with Rome. Wars with Moscow in the end of the 16th century. brought another dimension in diplomatic rhetoric: the question of freedom of faith for the Ruthenians in Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the idea of Christian unity in facing the Ottoman threat. The main way to overcome the contradiction between the religious situation in Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the western Christian ideal of unity in orthodoxy in diplomatic rhetoric was the perspective of achieving this ideal in the near future. On the other side, the confrontation of this situation with similar demands from the East lead to the articulation of the ideas of freedom of conscience and the importance of peace between the two branches of Christianity. [From the publication]

DOI:
10.32612/uw.2543618X.2021.pp.9-30
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2545-1324; 2543-618X
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Istorija / History
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