Słoweńskie losy jezuitów w świetle jugosłowiańskich materiałów encyklopedycznych
The Slovenian fate of the Jesuits in the light of Yugoslav encyclopaedic materials

Between pride and damnation

Author(s): Lilla Moroz-Grzelak
Subject(s): Cultural history, Culture and social structure
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Jesuits; Protestantism; Counter-Reformation; encyclopaedia; Slovene language
Summary/Abstract: On the basis of materials taken from Yugoslav encyclopaedias, this text presents ways of showing knowledge about the Jesuit Order and its presence in the Slovenian lands. Attention was paid to the way encyclopaedic entries were constructed – the description of the general history of the Order was in line with the propaganda image, reproducing the black legend of the Order, while in parts devoted to the activities of the Jesuits in the Slovenian lands, their positive impact on the development of education, culture and language was noted. The analysed encyclopaedic entries were confronted with studies devoted to the Order, which allowed for complementing the knowledge about the Jesuits operating in Slovenia. The analysis of the material showed the importance of the Protestant movement in the Slovenian tradition and that the active participation of the Jesuits in the Counter-Reformation became one of the reasons for the atmosphere of hostility built around them. The positively assessed role of the Order and its Slovenian members in editions of Yugoslav encyclopaedias was balanced out by phrases that negatively described the Jesuits as enemies of progress, repeating the propaganda image which reproduced the black legend of the order that existed throughout Europe.

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