Krzyżak, Felix, Calvinistic reformer,
accepted the Reformation, 39;
fled to Great Poland, 46;
returned to Little Poland, 46;
appointed as superintendent of Calvinistic churches, 43;
invited Bohemian Brethren to unite with Calvinists of Little
Poland, 48.
Landownership,
regarded as a special privilege of the Polish nobility, 110;
townspeople excluded from, and from high church offices, 110-113;
enlarged by purchases, 114.
Łaski, John, most distinguished Polish reformer, 38, 53, 56, 64, 65.
Legacies, of Polish ecclesiastical princes, 91-92.
Liberties, constitutional, of Polish nobility, 101-105.
Lismanini, Francis, a leader in Polish religious reform, 30, 39, 40,
41, 42, 53, 81.
Lutheranism,
in Danzig, 21-24;
in other West Prussian cities, 24-25;
in East Prussia, 25-26;
in Great Poland, 27-28;
in Little Poland, 28-30.
Mandate of Sigismund I on the starostas, 37, 38.
Matthew of Cracow, scholar and advocate of religious reform, 19-20.
Mayors of ecclesiastical villages, 56, 57, 60, 116 ff. See also
Defense.
Meetings, secret, in Cracow, 39-40.
Modrzewski, Andrew Frycz, distinguished humanist and advocate of
reform, 64, 65-66.
National Synod, 13, 50-51, 56-57.
Nobility, opposition to church,
political, 101-105;
economic, 105-116.
Ochino, Bernard, taking refuge in Poland, 81.
Oleśnicki, Cardinal Zbigniew, 17, 18.
Order to the starostas of 1546, 38.
Orzechowski, Stanislaus, 43, 44-45.
Ostrorog, John, 14, 64-65.
Political causes of Polish Reformation. See Causes.
Pope Pius IV, reforms which he was asked to sanction, 50-51.
Prażmowski, Andrew, his preaching of Calvinistic doctrines in Posen,
42.
Pre-Reformation reform movements, influence,
of Waldensians, 15-16;
of Wyclif’s teaching, 16;
of Hussitism, 16-19;
of loyal sons of the church at home, 19-21.
Printers, Cracow, 66-70.
Printing, as a cause of Polish Reformation, 66-73.
Privileges, clerical, presented “ad judicum,” 60.
Protestantism, strength of, by 1569, 61-63.
Racovian Catechism, 73.
Radziwill, Nicholas, the Black,
an intimate of Sigismund Augustus, 41;
Lippomano tried to influence, 51-52;
founded a press at Brześć Litewski from which issued the Radziwill
Bible, 71.
Renaissance. See Humanism.
Reformation, spread of, in Poland,
early beginnings and struggles, 21-33;
growing aggressiveness, 33-40;
triumph and dominance, 40-68;
in Danzig, 21-24;
in West Prussia, 24-26;
in East Prussia, 26;
in Mazovia, 26-27;
in Great Poland, 27-28;
in Little Poland, 28 ff.;
topic of general discussion, 34;
a class movement, 82-83, 132-134.
Rey, Nicholas, father of Polish literature, 37.
Roman clergy, affected by the Reformation, 38-39, 42, 43.
Samuel, Andrew, 37, 38-39, 40.
Seklucjan, John, 27, 37, 39, 40, 72.
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