Missio Moscovitica
Subtitle: the role of the Jesuits in the westernization of Russia, 1582-1689
By: Jan Joseph Santich.
Series: American university studies.; v. 178
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Jesuits -- Missions -- Russia.; Russia -- Church history -- 16th century.; Russia -- Church history -- 17th century.
Description: Missio Moscovitica: The Role of the Jesuits in the Westernization of Russia, 1582-1689, recounts the history of the Jesuit missions to Muscovy. Jesuits, acting as chaplains, accompanied Polish-Lithuanian military forces in several Muscovite missions. Their participation in the military caused internal Moscovite strife, as well as conflict between Muscovites, Catholics, and Poles.

Missio Moscovitica reviews the Roman archives of the Society of Jesus along with certain pontifical archives to show that the records of the Jesuit missions to Muscovy are complete and thoroughly documentedthere are no lost archives, nor were there ever any clandestine missions in Muscovy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-248) and index.