Friars on the frontier: Catholic renewal and the Dominican order in Southeastern Poland 1594-1648

This thesis analyses the role of the Dominican Order in the Catholicisation of southeastern Poland between 1594 and 1648. Until now, historians of Catholic renewal and the CounterReformation in Poland have focused predominantly on the impact of the Jesuits in isolation, paying little attention to the role of continuity across the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods. This study of the Dominicans exemplifies the role of continuity within Catholicism in the post-Tridentine period, and serves as an analytical corrective to the hitherto dominant Jesuit-centred paradigm of the Counter-Reformation.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo