В центре исследования - генезис Брестской церковной унии, породившей глубокий конфессиональный раскол в истории Украины и Белоруссии и заложившей основы Греко-католической церкви. В книге показано, какие религиозные и общественные процессы в украинско-белорусских землях привели к переходу Киевской митрополии в 1595-1596 гг. под юрисдикцию Римского престола и как в отношениях православных и католиков той эпохи выявились особенности двух христианских традиций - восточной и западной. Для специалистов-историков, преподавателей вузов, студентов и всех интересующихся историей христианских конфессий в славянских землях.

Т. 1, ч.2 : Періодъ первый, Киевскиій или домонгольскій.. - 1904. - 966 с.

The Ukrainian Cossacks, often compared in historical literature to the pirates of the Mediterranean and the frontiersmen of the American West, constituted one of the largest Cossack hosts in the European steppe borderland. They became famous as ferocious warriors, their fighting skills developed in their religious wars against the Tartars, Turks, Poles, and Russians. By and large the Cossacks were Orthodox Christians, and quite early in their history they adopted a religious ideology in their struggle against those of other faiths. Their acceptance of the Muscovite protectorate in 1654 was also influenced by their religious ideas. This study examines the confessionalisation of religious life in early modern period Ukraine, and shows how Cossack involvement in the religious struggle between Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism helped shape cultural identities not only in the Ukraine but also in Russia and Poland.