Wileńscy luteranie w świetle siedemnastowiecznych satyr jezuickich (1620–1642). Wydarzenia, bohaterowie, autorzy
Vilnian Lutherans in the Light of 17th Century Jesuit Satires (1620–1642): Events, Heroes, Authors

Summary/Abstract: This paper has two objectives: to characterize Lutheran communities in Vilnius depicted in counter-Reformation satires written and published by Jesuits and to provide detailed information concerning individual Lutheran priests and members of the community of Augsburg Evangelicals. Six satires analysed here form an interesting source material because they reflect – in an obviously exaggerated and hyperbolized manner – facts and situations, most of which were not recorded in Lutheran sources. In addition to commonly known individuals, such as the royal physician and diarist Maciej Vorbek-Lettow, or the author of the most famous Polish postil Samuel Dambrowski, the texts also feature less known persons, such as a senator’s wife, Zuzanna de domo Nonhart Chreptowiczowa, pastors Mikołaj Burchardy, Adam Reks and Dawid Krusius. Thanks to diverse techniques and genres (news, elements of heroicomicum, parodies of gratulatio, a letter, visio, songs) the image of the Lutheran ministers from Vilnius is colourful and generally non-stereotypical.

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