The Cossacks and Religion in Early Modern Ukraine

by Serhii Plokhy

Overview

Famous as ferocious warriors, the Ukrainian Cossacks developed their fighting skills in the religious wars against the Tartars, Turks, Poles, and Russians. In this fascinating study, Serhii Plokhy examines the "confessionalization" of religious life in the early modern period, showing how Cossack involvement in the religious struggle between Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism helped shape not only Ukrainian but also Russian and Polish cultural identities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199247394
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/17/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	422
Product dimensions:	9.46(w) x 6.40(h) x 1.12(d)

About the Author

University of Alberta

Table of Contents

Introduction1. The Ukrainian Cossacks2. The Religious Crisis3. Warriors for the Faith4. Order, Religion, and Nation5. A War of Religion: Orthodoxy in the Khmelnytsky Uprising6. A Hetman Sent by God7. Hetmans and Metropolitans8. In Search of an Orthodox MonarchBibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

"A most impressive contribution to our knowledge in the breath of its vision and in the depth of its scholarship and deserves the widest possible readership."—Slavic Reviews

"The essays are lively and concise, and provide newcomers to Italian history with an informative survey of recent approaches and updates to some of its 'forgotten centuries.'"— Sixteenth Century Journal

"Thanks to its magisterial command of sources and scrupulous sense of balance, Plokhy's narrative has an authority, even grandeur, that should make it the standard account for years to come."—Times Literary Supplement

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