Religia i religijność Polaków w obserwacjach francuskich podróżników w Rzeczypospolitej XVII wieku
Religion and Religiousness of Poles in Observations of French Travellers in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 17th Century

Summary/Abstract: In the 17th century, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth became a country that French peopleliked to visit. Many of them left descriptions of the country which was different to their own incertain aspects. One of these aspects was Polish people’s religiousness and their attitude to nonCatholic religions. They were surprised at tolerance for people of another faith among the nobilityand at the royal court, the co-existence of churches of different denominations and the lack of mutual aggression. On the other hand, they could see Polish people’s attachment to tradition and theiroriginal rites, at the same time pointing out their excessive demonstration of religious feelings,sometimes even bordering sanctimoniousness.

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