Scholarly Article
The Political Argumentation in Hipacy Pociej's Antirrēsis
Nosilia, Viviana
2016-06-04 · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne · Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Abstract
The article investigates the interconfessional polemical literature as a valuable source offering an insight into the major values of the society of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th-17th centuries. These texts also help understanding phenomena other than the merely religious ones. In the debate, juridical and political arguments were used too. We focus on the case study of Hipacy Pociej's Antirrēsis (Ruthenian: 1599; Polish: 1600), written in response to Marcin Broniewski's Apokrisis (1597). Pociej, who had an outstanding political career before becoming a Uniate bishop, mastered these arguments perfectly. His work is imbued with the mentality of the communitas nobilium, which also played a part in his lexical choices.
Keywords
Hipacy Pociej, Orthodox-Uniate polemics, Uniate Church in the 16th-17th centuries, art of argumentation, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, interconfessional relationships
Citation Details
Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne