HIB051n East European church unions and schisms in Early Modern history

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Boček, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Pavel Boček, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 8:00–9:40 B2.24
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! HIA270 Church Union
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
The lecture focuses on the interpretation of the basic problems of Russian church history of the early modern period. Reminds the questions of the status of the orthodox church in Poland and Lithuania, in detail reminds the circumstances which led to the signing of the church union in Brest. Highlighting the importance of metropolitan Peter Mohyla for the orthodox church in the whole of eastern Europe. Explains the importance of orthodoxy for the Moscow Rus. Reminds the basic problems of development of the relationship between secular and spiritual power in the reign of tsars Mikhail Fjodoroviče and Alexei Mikhailovich. Great attention will belong to the circumstances of the emergence of religious schism and its consequences.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to after attending the lectures: to explain the basic issues of church history in eastern Europe in the early modern period
to define consequences of the adoption of the florentine church of the union
to describe the causes and consequences of the signing of the church union of Brest
to clarify the role and influence of the metropolitans Peter Mohyla in the history of Russian orthodoxy in the 17th. Century
to define the biggest problems of the development of the orthodox church in the Moscow Rus in the first half of the 17th. Century
to explain the nature of Nikon´s church reform and the causes of its implementation
to analyze the causes of the church schism in the Moscow Rus
to clarify the phenomenon of the Russian Old Believers
Syllabus
  • The Russian lands and the byzantine oikumena
  • Church union of Florence and its consequences for the byzantine oikumena
  • Emancipation of the Russian orthodox church, the new form of the relationship between secular and spiritual power
  • The distribution of the single Russian metropolie and its consequences
  • The advent of the reformation in Poland and Lithuania, and its consequences for the orthodox church
  • Church union of Brest and its consequences
  • Metropolitan Peter Mohyla and his importance for the orthodox church in the Russian lands
  • Orthodoxy as a symbol of uniqueness, exclusivity and mesianism of Moscow Rus
  • Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich and patriarch Filaret, the new form of the relationship between secular and spiritual power
  • Ring of sympatisants for a new piety and his tenure in the mid-17th. Century
  • Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and the patriarch Nikon, the church reform and its consequences
  • The schism in the Moscow Rus, its causes and consequences
  • The old believers and their fate
Literature
    required literature
  • PUTNA, Martin C. Obrazy z kulturních dějin ruské religiozity. Vydání první. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2015, 335 stran. ISBN 9788074295348. info
  • FARRUGIA, Edward G. Encyklopedický slovník křesťanského Východu. Edited by Pavel Ambros, Translated by Adam Mackerle. Vyd. 1. Olomouc: Refugium Velehrad-Roma, 2010, 1039 s. ISBN 9788074120190. info
  • PIPES, Richard and Stanislav PAVLÍČEK. Rusko za starého režimu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2004, 404 s. ISBN 8072035592. info
  • ŠPIDLÍK, Tomáš. Ruská idea : jiný pohled na člověka. Vyd. 1. Velehrad: Refugium, 1996, 414 s. ISBN 8086045021. info
    recommended literature
  • LOBAČEV, Sergej Vladimirovič: Patriarch Nikon. Sankt-Peterburg 2003.
  • GUDZJAK, Borys: Crisis and reform : the Kyivan Metropolitanate, the Patriarchate of Constantinople, and the genesis of the Union of Brest. Cambridge 2001.
  • KAPTEREV, Nikolaj Fedorovič: Patriarch Nikon i jego protivniki v dele ispravlenija cerkovnych obrjadov : vremja patriaršestva Iosifa. Moskva 2003.
  • ZYZYKIN, Michail Valerianovič: Patriarch Nikon : jego gosudarstvennyja i kanoničeskija idei. Č. 3. Padenije Nikona i krušenije jego idej v Petrovskom Zakonodateľstve : otzyvy o Nikoně Varšava 1939.
  • ZYZYKIN, Michail Valerianovič: Patriarch Nikon : jego gosudarstvennyja i kanoničeskija idei. Č. 1. Istoričeskaja počva i istočniki Nikonovskich idej. Varšava 1931.
  • Documenta Unionis Berestensis eiusque Auctorum : (1590-1600). Collegit, adnotavit editionemque curavit P. Athanasius G. Welykyj. Romae 1970.
  • ZYZYKIN, Michail Valerianovič: Patriarch Nikon : jego gosudarstvennyja i kanoničeskija idei. Č. 2. Učenije Patriarcha Nikona o prirodě vlasti gosudarstvennoj i cerkovnoj. Varšava 1931.
  • RUMJANCEVA, Vera Stepanovna: Patriarch Nikon i duchovnaja kul'tura v Rossii XVII veka : iz rukopisnogo nasledija patriarcha Nikona: „Pravila christianskoj žizni (nužneišia Zapovedi)“. Issledovanije i publikacija. Moskva 2010.
  • TAZBIR, Janusz: Reformacja-kontrreformacja-tolerancja. Wrocław 1997.
  • TAZBIR, Janusz. Tradycje tolerancji religijnej w Polsce. Wyd. 1. Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza, 1980, 166 s. info
  • TAZBIR, Janusz. Arianie i katolicy. Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza, 1971. info
  • TAZBIR, Janusz. Historia kościoła katolickiego w Polsce : (1460-1795). Wyd. 1. Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna, 1966, 209 s. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, reading and analysis of documents
Assessment methods
Seminar work, final test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
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