Паэзія ў пратэстанцкіх канцыяналах Беларусi XVI ст.
The poetry of the Protestant psalm book in Byelorussia in XVI century

Summary/Abstract: The first Renaissance poems in Old Belarussian and Latin were printed at the beginning of the 16lh century in Cracow, Brześć and Nieśwież, however the first poems in Polish came out in print in the 50s and 60s of the 16th century. Protestant activists of the Protestant movement poem, accessible to the reader, in order to popularize their religious views in the society. In the article the author places particular emphasis on two religious songbooks: the Brześć Pieśni chwał, by Jan Zaręba and printed by Stanislaw Murmelius in 1558, and the Nieśwież Katechizm, albo krótkie, w jedno miejsce zebranie wiary i powinności Krześcijańskiej, published in 1563 by Daniel Łęczy­ ca in the printing house of Maciej Kawiaczyński. The author expresses the view that, as religious works of commentary nature, the poems from the songbooks set the stage for the appearance of secular political poetry.

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