Drexel w Polsce (XVII-XVIII wiek). Rekonesans
Drexel in Poland (The 17th–18th Centuries). An Exploration

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the Polish reception of the works by the German Jesuit Jeremias Drexel (1581–1638), the author of Latin religious and moralistic writings, popular almost all over Europe. The study presents seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Polish translations of Drexel’s works by, amongst others, Jan Chomętowski, Szymon Jurkiewicz, Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł and Kazimierz Stęplowski, records their presence in the book collections of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and provides evidence of their extensive reception in the texts of Polish authors, primarily in sermons and religious literature. It also indicates possible directions for future research (for example, on the translation techniques of Old Polish translators) and emphasises the role of Neo-Latin literature in the cultural transfer between Poland-Lithuania and the countries of the German language area, as well as in overcoming ethnic, political and religious barriers in early modern Europe.

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