Szlachta województwa krakowskiego wobec konfliktów wyznaniowych i problemu tolerancji religijnej w Rzeczypospolitej w latach 1572-1648
The Nobility of the Kraków Voivodeship Religious Conflicts and the Problem of Religious Tolerance in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1572–1648

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the attitude of the nobility of the Kraków Voivodeship towards the religious issues and conflicts occurring in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. These considerations are based on the records of the sejmik in Proszowice, official correspondence of secular and church officials of the Polish-Lithuanian state, and eyewitness accounts of the events, mainly in Kraków. Among the most important issues raised therein that absorbed the attention of the nobility was the operation of the Warsaw Confederation, passed in 1573, and the guarantees of religious and political freedoms that resulted from it. Churches of various denominations were also in its sphere of interest – especially the issues related with the Calvinists and Lutherans. To a lesser extent, the attention of the sejmiks focused on conflicts between Orthodox Christians and the Uniate Church and the issue of the persecution of the Polish Brethren (Arians). Much space was also devoted to discussing the development of legal mechanisms to limit the occurrence of religious tumults in the cities and towns of the Commonwealth.

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