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<p>This article explores the shifting perspectives of Polish academics about the role of the Orthodox Church in domestic and interstate relations within the Commonwealth and the Russian Empire. Why Poland’s sovereignty crumbled at the end of the 18th century was one of the most critical questions Polish historians sought to explain. Since Bohdan Khmelnytskii’s uprising, Moscow’s geopolitical objectives had placed the Ukrainian territories in the forefront of their attention.</p>
<p>It has been documented that the nineteenth-century Polish scientific research was more concerned with the social and political impact of Orthodox Churches in Commonwealth regions than any other aspect of its history. However, this scenario has altered through time. Since the eighteenth century, the viewpoints of Polish historians have changed drastically. Additionally, they investigated the inner workings of churches and religious activity in Ukraine.</p>
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This article explores the shifting perspectives of Polish academics about the role of the Orthodox Church in domestic and interstate relations within the Commonwealth and the Russian Empire. Why Poland’s sovereignty crumbled at the end of the 18th century was one of the most critical questions Polish historians sought to explain. Since Bohdan Khmelnytskii’s uprising, Moscow’s geopolitical objectives had placed the Ukrainian territories in the forefront of their attention.
It has been documented that the nineteenth-century Polish scientific research was more concerned with the social and political impact of Orthodox Churches in Commonwealth regions than any other aspect of its history. However, this scenario has altered through time. Since the eighteenth century, the viewpoints of Polish historians have changed drastically. Additionally, they investigated the inner workings of churches and religious activity in Ukraine.

A view from Poland: the state and the Orthodox church in the Ukrainian lands in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as reflected in the Polish historical research

Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts

The Romanian Journal for Baltic and Nordic Studies

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This article explores the shifting perspectives of Polish academics about the role of the Orthodox Church in domestic and interstate relations within the...

A view from Poland: the state and the Orthodox church in the Ukrainian lands in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as reflected in the Polish historical research

Publié en ligne: 14 déc. 2022

Pages: 85 - 97

Reçu: 04 juil. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjbns-2022-0005

Mots clés
Ukraine, Poland, historiography, Orthodox Church, church-state relations

© 2022 Valerii Lastovskyi, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

A view from Poland: the state and the Orthodox church in the Ukrainian lands in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as reflected in the Polish historical research

Publié en ligne: 14 déc. 2022

Pages: 85 - 97

Reçu: 04 juil. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjbns-2022-0005

Mots clésUkraine, Poland, historiography, Orthodox Church, church-state relations

© 2022 Valerii Lastovskyi, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Ukraine, Poland, historiography, Orthodox Church, church-state relations