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Foreign Intruders
Anti-Jesuit Narratives in PolandâLithuania during the Reigns of Stephen Báthory and Sigismund III, 1576â1632
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Foreign Intruders is the first study in English to examine the rise of anti-Jesuit literature in PolandâLithuania during the reigns of Stephen Báthory and Sigismund III (1576â1632), 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 Brożek, while reassessing long-debated texts and their attribution, including Monita privata and Equitis Poloni in Jesuitas actio prima.
Robert Aleksander Maryks, Ph.D. (Fordham University, New York), is Professor of Early Modern History and Literature at Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznaÅ, 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.
MichaÅ E. Nowakowski is a doctoral candidate at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. His research focuses on CatholicâCalvinist polemical literature, Jesuit political and social thought, and early modern diplomatic theory.
MichaÅ E. Nowakowski is a doctoral candidate at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. His research focuses on CatholicâCalvinist polemical literature, Jesuit political and social thought, and early modern diplomatic theory.
âMaryks and Nowakowski have produced a work that is both an archival resource and a warning. Religious fear rarely centers on theology. It focuses on identity, sovereignty, and the narratives communities create to protect themselves from imagined threats. As this book shows with impressive clarity, those narratives can endure through the centuries.â
Massimo Introvigne, Center for Studies on New Religions. In: Bitter Winter, March 17, 2026.
Massimo Introvigne, Center for Studies on New Religions. In: Bitter Winter, March 17, 2026.
Introduction
â1âFollowing the Popeâs Kitchen: Jakub Niemojewski and the Rise of AntiâJesuit Sentiment in PolandâLithuania
â2âA Man Who Defied the Society of Jesus: Andrzej Wolan and the First Clash between the Vilnius Jesuits and Calvinists
â3âProtestant Vilnius beyond Wolan: the âApologeticusâ as the First AntiâJesuit Poetry
â4âBeyond the Corruption of the Youth: The Equitis Poloni in jesuitas actio prima (1590) and the Emergence of Political Opposition to the Jesuits in PolandâLithuania
â5ââPrawda i szczyroÅÄ katolickaâ: AntiâJesuit Literature of the Polish Brethren
â6âAntiâJesuit Literature during the Zebrzydowski Rokosz (1606â1607)
â7ââGdzie tylko jezuity wejdÄ , tam wnet rozruchy i niepokoje wszczynajÄ â [Wherever Jesuits Enter, Disturbances and Unrest Soon Arise]: Anti-Jesuit Pamphlets and Polemics in ToruÅ (1614â1616)
â8âThe Monita privata: a Conspiratorial Parody Unveiling Jesuit Intrigues for Domination
â9âMoney, Monopoly, and Youth Corruption: Jan Brożekâs Gratis (1625) and the Conflict between the Society of Jesus and the Kraków Academy
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
â1âFollowing the Popeâs Kitchen: Jakub Niemojewski and the Rise of AntiâJesuit Sentiment in PolandâLithuania
â2âA Man Who Defied the Society of Jesus: Andrzej Wolan and the First Clash between the Vilnius Jesuits and Calvinists
â3âProtestant Vilnius beyond Wolan: the âApologeticusâ as the First AntiâJesuit Poetry
â4âBeyond the Corruption of the Youth: The Equitis Poloni in jesuitas actio prima (1590) and the Emergence of Political Opposition to the Jesuits in PolandâLithuania
â5ââPrawda i szczyroÅÄ katolickaâ: AntiâJesuit Literature of the Polish Brethren
â6âAntiâJesuit Literature during the Zebrzydowski Rokosz (1606â1607)
â7ââGdzie tylko jezuity wejdÄ , tam wnet rozruchy i niepokoje wszczynajÄ â [Wherever Jesuits Enter, Disturbances and Unrest Soon Arise]: Anti-Jesuit Pamphlets and Polemics in ToruÅ (1614â1616)
â8âThe Monita privata: a Conspiratorial Parody Unveiling Jesuit Intrigues for Domination
â9âMoney, Monopoly, and Youth Corruption: Jan Brożekâs Gratis (1625) and the Conflict between the Society of Jesus and the Kraków Academy
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
This book is a valuable resource for institutions, journals, researchers, and students interested in the history of Christianity, religious polemics, entanglement of religion and politics, PolandâLithuania, and the Jesuits.