Jesuits' historiographic canon in the works of A. Wijuk-Koialowicz in the age of the historical revolution (1580-1661) = Jėzuitų istoriografinis kanonas A. Vijūko-Kojalavičiaus darbuose istorijos revoliucijos laikotarpiu (1580-1661) : doctoral dissertatio

CONTENTS FOREWORD INTRODUCTION I. EUROPEAN JESUITS' HISTORIOGRAPHIC CANON I.1. FOUR PARAMETERS FOR THE DEFINITION OF A JESUITS’ HISTORIOGRAPHY I.1.1 Eduard Fueter’s Criteria I.1.2. Humanist Historiography as the “Origin” of the Modern One. I.1.3. Re-Definition of the First Parameter: Permanence of the Scholasticism in the Neo-Platonism I.1.4. Re-Definition of the Second and Third Parameters: the Non-Opposition to the Pagan Values Tradition I.1.5. Re-Definition of the Fourth Parameter: Rhetoric as a Method I.2.1. Making history For the Major Glory of God (and Roman Church) I.2.2. Making History to Preserve Values: Jesuits and the New Political Doctrines I.2.3. The Cartesian Opposition to Memory I.3. JESUITS HISTORIOGRAPHY IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE I.3.1. General Traits of Jesuits’ Historiography I.3.2. Jesuit Historiographers I.3.3. Piotr Skarga and Pedro Hurtado de Mendoza – The Two Phases of Jesuits’ Historiography I.3.4. Definition of History in the Ratio Atque Insitutio Studiorum I.4. ANTONIO POSSEVINO: THE DEFINITION OF THE HISTORIOGRAPHIC CANON I.4.1. Possevino's Moscovia I.4.2. The Bibliotheca Selecta: a Project of Historiographic Canon II. KOIALOWICZ AS A JESUIT HISTORIAN II.1. FOUR UNIONIST WORKS: SKARGA'S SERMONS TO THE DIET, POSSEVINO’S MOSCOVIA AND KOIALOWICZ’S FIRST BOOK OF HISTORIAE LITUANAE AND MISCELLANEA RERUM II.1.1. The “Polemical” Method of Skarga II.1.2 Unionism in Possevino and Koialowicz: Historiae Lituanae as Implementation of the Moscovia’s Theories. II.1.3. Unitarism in Koialowicz’s Miscellanea Rerum ad Statum Ecclesiasticum in Magno Lituaniae Ducatu pertinentium II.2. KOIALOWICZ'S HISTORIAE LITUANAE IN THE FRAME OF THE JESUITS HISTORIOGRAPHY II.2.1. The Portrait of Mindaugas in Koialowicz: Between the structure of Stryjkowski and the Philosophy of Mariana II.2.2. Historiae Lituanae and Historiae de rebus Hispaniae: Outlines for a Comparative Study II.3. ADAM TANNER, MARTIN BECAN AND ALBERT WIJUK-KOIALOWICZ: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE PHILOSOPHES FROM BOHEMIA TO LITHUANIA II.3.1. Rhetoric as Means of Education II.3.2. The Historical Context: a Force that Shapes Consciences II.3.3. The Second Level of Understanding of Historiae Lituanae: Religious and Political II.3.4. The Third Level of Understanding of Historiae Lituanae: Moral and Gnoseologic CONCLUSIONS ABBREVIATIONS SOURCES LITERATURE PUBLICATIONS ON THE DISSERTATION THEME