From the "Land of Diverse Sects" to National Religion: Converts to Catholicism and Reformed Franciscans in Early Modern Poland.

From: Church History | Date: September 1, 2001| Author: KOWALSKI, WALDEMAR | Copyright information

Religious conversion is undoubtedly one of the most-explored aspects of medieval and early modern social history. The fact that the literature concerning that problem is still significantly on the increase proves its scholarly importance. The subject has found a permanent place among works dealing with denominational relations in pre-partition Poland, and the list of such works is substantial.(1) They-show a significant number of dispersed pieces of information concerning reconvers...

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