Lęk przed Bogiem, śmiercią i Szatanem w dawnej Rzeczpospolitej (XV – XVIII w.)
Fear of God, death and devil in I Rzeczpospolita

Summary/Abstract: In the 16th and 17th century in the west of Europe tempestuous phenomena in political and social life started increasing. Wars and natural disasters were reflected not only in the literature but also in myths, beliefs, development of the Inquisition. The most common were black and white magic, occultism, esoterism. During the second half of the17th century and the first half of the 18th century similar phenomenon took place in the I Rzeczpospolita. Fear of death, God and devil appeared in different shapes, so individual was trying to cope with this situation in various ways. Of course this is just a brief outline of the problem and would not embrace all the complexity of fear in modern times.

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