Title: Missio Moscovitica
First published: 1995
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.
Subjects: Jesuits, Russia, Missions, Church history, Jesuits, soviet union, Soviet union, church history
Places: Russia
Time periods: 16th century, 17th century
LC classification: BV3030 .S26 1995