Published: 2023-12-111

Between noble democracy, Russian autocracy, and Uniate spirituality – the Basilian school in Uman

Igor Krywoszeja , Norbert Morawiec
Echa Przeszłości
Section: ARTICLES
https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.9667

Abstract

An attempt was made in this article to present the history of the Basilian school in Uman inthe context of social and political transformations in the south-eastern regions of the Commonwealthduring the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The authors claim that for several centuries, the Basilians’educational system was inherent to the interactions of Polish and Ruthenian-Ukrainian, i.e. Catholicand Orthodox, cultural components. These interactions produced, in the Uniate mindset, the convictionthat there was a unity within the Commonwealth, at both the national (Poles, Ruthenians, and Lithuanians)and denominational (Catholics of both rites) level. This unity was threatened by the Orthodox, whowere both the external (Muscovy) and internal (Cossacks and the Commonwealth’s Orthodox clergy)enemies. The idea of unity metaphorized all thoughts and actions of Basilian monks, including theirtheology, historiography, and education. It was the Uman school, one of the most prestigious schoolsin right-bank Ukraine, which became part of the changes afflicting the fallen Commonwealth. Followingthe initial phase of its operation and the hiatus caused by the bloody events at Uman in 1768, theschool developed significantly and prospered until it was shut down by the Russian authorities in 1834.

Keywords:

Basilians, Uman, education, Uniates, unity

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Krywoszeja, I., & Morawiec, N. (2023). Between noble democracy, Russian autocracy, and Uniate spirituality – the Basilian school in Uman. Echa Przeszłości, (XXIV/2), 55–88. https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.9667

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