Defining the Identity of the Younger Europe

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-52021-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

Reihe: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Early Modern Cultures of the Younger Europe

This book is available in Open Access thanks to the generous support of the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan

Defining the Identity of the Younger Europe launches an eye-opening journey into emerging cultures and civilizations of the “Younger Europe” — Byzantine-Slavic and Scandinavian territories — from the fall of Constantinople (1453) to the dawn of the Industrial Age.

Defining the Identity of the Younger Europe gathers studies that shed new light on the rich tapestry of early modern “Younger Europe” — Byzantine-Slavic and Scandinavian territories. It unearths the multi-dimensional aspects of the period, revealing the formation and transformation of nations that shared common threads, the establishment of political systems, and the enduring legacies of religious movements. Immersive, enlightening, and thought-provoking, the book promises to be an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the complexities of early modern

Europe. This collection does not just retell history; it provokes readers to rethink it.

Contributors include: Giovanna Brogi, Piotr Chmiel,Karin Friedrich, Anna Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz, Miroslawa Hanusiewicz-Lavallee, Robert Aleksander Maryks, Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin, Maciej Ptaszynski, Paul Shore, and Frank E. Sysyn.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hanusiewicz-Lavallee, Miroslawa

Maryks, Robert Aleksander

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Notes on Editors and Contributors

Introduction

Miroslawa Hanusiewicz-Lavallee and Robert A. Maryks

The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Birth of Modern Ukraine: a Reappraisal of the Khmelnytsky “Revolution”

Frank E. Sysyn

Abstract

Keywords

1 National Traditions

2 Periodization

3 The General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century and Early Modern Revolts

4 The Religious Factor

5 New Research Agendas

6 Conclusion

The Younger Europe—or the Older? Visions of Politics in the Early Modern Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Anna Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz

Abstract

Keywords

1 On the Main Route: the Republican Tradition

2 The Side Path: Disregard of New Concepts

3 New Propositions: New Roads

The “Common Good” and Urban Crisis Management in Early Modern East-Central Europe: the Examples of Danzig and Slutsk

Karin Friedrich

Abstract

Keywords

1 Self-Interest versus “Common Good” in the “Younger Europe”

2 The “Common Good,” Natural Law, and Hugo Grotius

3 Danzig’s Conflict with Stefan Báthory

4 The “Well-Ordered Government” of the City of Slutsk

5 Conclusion

Good Editions of Unpublished Texts: the Case of Stefan Iavorskii

Giovanna Brogi

Abstract

Keywords

1 Historical and Cultural Context

2 Stefan Iavorskii’s Heretige

3 Documentary and Cultural Significance

4 Stefan Iavorskii and Lazar Baranovych

5 Conclusion

Words Spoken and Unspoken: Preachers and the Baltic Reformation in the Younger Europe

Maciej Ptaszynski

Abstract

Keywords

1 Introduction

2 Early Reformation in the North

3 Stralsund on the Eve of Iconoclasm

4 Conclusion

The Younger Europe from a Papal Perspective, 1580–1640

Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin

Abstract

Keywords

1 Introduction: Catholic Geography of Europe

2 Perceptions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

3 Conclusion

The Battle of Mohács, Re-remembered History, and Hungary’s “Christian” Identity

Paul Shore†

Abstract

Keywords

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Younger, but How? Heterochrony of Premodern European Divisions in the Discourse on Central/East-Central Europe

Piotr Chmiel

Abstract

Keywords

1 Introduction

2 East–West Divide

3 From Spatial to Temporal Divisions

4 Views on Europe: Time and Space

5 Reflections on Early Modern Times

6 Toward a Conclusion: Heterochrony, History, and the East–West Divide

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Miroslawa Hanusiewicz-Lavallee, Ph.D. (1992, Catholic University of Lublin) Poland, is a professor of early modern Polish literature at the same university. She has published extensively on baroque poetry, religious literary culture, and the comparative context of Polish literature, including the monographs Swiat podzielony (1994), Swiete i zmyslowe w poezji religijnej polskiego baroku (1998), Piec stopni milosci (2004), and W strone Albionu(2017).

Robert A. Maryks, Ph.D. (Fordham University, New York City) has published widely on the history of the Jesuits, including Saint Cicero and the Jesuits (Ashgate, 2008) and The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews (Brill, 2009). He is the editor of the Journal of Jesuits Studies, Brill’s series Jesuit Studies, Jesuit Historiography Online, and Brill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies.