Foreign Intruders
Anti-Jesuit Narratives in Poland-Lithuania during the Reigns of Stephen Bathory and Sigismund III, 1576-1632
Published on 30. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
196 pages
978-90-04-72700-7 (ISBN)
Description
Foreign Intruders is the first study in English to examine the rise of anti-Jesuit literature in Poland-Lithuania during the reigns of Stephen Bathory and Sigismund III (1576-1632), a period of profound political and religious change. Through an analysis of theological treatises, political pamphlets, speeches, and poetry, the book reveals how fear of the Jesuits transcended confessional divides, uniting Protestant and Catholic critics alike. It examines key figures like Jakub Niemojewski, Andrzej Wolan, Marcin Czechowic, and Jan Brozek, while reassessing long-debated texts and their attribution, including Monita privata and Equitis Poloni in Jesuitas actio prima.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
281 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-72700-7 (9789004727007)
DOI
10.1163/b10631
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Persons
Robert Aleksander Maryks, Ph.D. (Fordham University, New York), is Professor of Early Modern History and Literature at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. He has published extensively on the history of the Jesuits, including the monographs Saint Cicero and the Jesuits(Ashgate, 2008) and The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews (Brill, 2010), as well as a dozen co-edited volumes. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Jesuit Studies and of several Jesuit-related series at Brill.
Michal E. Nowakowski is a doctoral candidate at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. His research focuses on Catholic-Calvinist polemical literature, Jesuit political and social thought, and early modern diplomatic theory.
Michal E. Nowakowski is a doctoral candidate at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. His research focuses on Catholic-Calvinist polemical literature, Jesuit political and social thought, and early modern diplomatic theory.
Content
Introduction
1 Following the Pope's Kitchen: Jakub Niemojewski and the Rise of Anti-Jesuit Sentiment in Poland-Lithuania
2 A Man Who Defied the Society of Jesus: Andrzej Wolan and the First Clash between the Vilnius Jesuits and Calvinists
3 Protestant Vilnius beyond Wolan: the "Apologeticus" as the First Anti-Jesuit Poetry
4 Beyond the Corruption of the Youth: The Equitis Poloni in jesuitas actio prima (1590) and the Emergence of
Political Opposition to the Jesuits in Poland-Lithuania
5 "Prawda i szczyrosc katolicka": Anti-Jesuit Literature of the Polish Brethren
6 Anti-Jesuit Literature during the Zebrzydowski Rokosz (1606-1607)
7 "Gdzie tylko jezuity wejda, tam wnet rozruchy i niepokoje wszczynaja" [Wherever Jesuits Enter, Disturbances and Unrest Soon Arise]: Anti-Jesuit Pamphlets and Polemics in Torun (1614-1616)
8 The Monita privata: a Conspiratorial Parody Unveiling Jesuit Intrigues for Domination
9 Money, Monopoly, and Youth Corruption: Jan Brozek's Gratis (1625) and the Conflict between the Society of Jesus and the Kraków Academy
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
1 Following the Pope's Kitchen: Jakub Niemojewski and the Rise of Anti-Jesuit Sentiment in Poland-Lithuania
2 A Man Who Defied the Society of Jesus: Andrzej Wolan and the First Clash between the Vilnius Jesuits and Calvinists
3 Protestant Vilnius beyond Wolan: the "Apologeticus" as the First Anti-Jesuit Poetry
4 Beyond the Corruption of the Youth: The Equitis Poloni in jesuitas actio prima (1590) and the Emergence of
Political Opposition to the Jesuits in Poland-Lithuania
5 "Prawda i szczyrosc katolicka": Anti-Jesuit Literature of the Polish Brethren
6 Anti-Jesuit Literature during the Zebrzydowski Rokosz (1606-1607)
7 "Gdzie tylko jezuity wejda, tam wnet rozruchy i niepokoje wszczynaja" [Wherever Jesuits Enter, Disturbances and Unrest Soon Arise]: Anti-Jesuit Pamphlets and Polemics in Torun (1614-1616)
8 The Monita privata: a Conspiratorial Parody Unveiling Jesuit Intrigues for Domination
9 Money, Monopoly, and Youth Corruption: Jan Brozek's Gratis (1625) and the Conflict between the Society of Jesus and the Kraków Academy
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index