Рэлігійная талерантнасць на польска-беларускім паграніччы: гістарычны досвед
Religious Tolerance on the Polish-Belarusian Frontier: Historical Experience

Summary/Abstract: Th e article considers the historical experience of religious tolerance on the Polish- Belarusian frontier. In particular, the author analyses the infl uences of the Byzantine and Rus’ religious tradition on the Polish culture of the 14th-15th century, the establishment of unique religious variety in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 15th century, interaction of diff erent confessions with the ruling elite, political and legal institutions. Th e author notes that the main factor of religious peace destruction was the Union of Brest and Counter- Reformation which were combined with wars and open confrontation between the religious communities. Th e attempts to restore the religious equality in the last decades of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth’s existence did not lead to any result.

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