White Eagle, Black Madonna : One Thousand Years of the Polish Catholic Tradition /

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White Eagle, Black Madonna charts the remarkable journey of the Polish Catholic community from its tenth-century origins on the eastern edge of medieval Christendom to the twenty-first century, when a Pole occupied the See of Peter. One constant has been Catholicism's profound influence over Po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alvis, Robert E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Catholic Church.
Église catholique > Histoire.
Catholic Church > Poland > History.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
Poland.
Pologne > Histoire religieuse.
Poland > Church history.
History.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations and Maps; Preface; A Timeline of Poland's Political and Ecclesiastical History; 1. Baptized into Christendom (966-1138); 2. Chaos and Consolidation (1138-1333); 3. Baptized into Power (1333-1506); 4. The Promise and the Peril of Liberty (1506-1648); 5. Deluge and Illusions (1648-1764); 6. Reform, Romance, and Revolution (1764-1848); 7. The Gospel and National Greatness (1848-1914); 8. From Captivity to Cataclysm (1914-1945); 9. From Stalinism to Solidarity (1945-1989); 10. From Triumph to Turmoil (after 1989).

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