Analysis of the Importance of Religious Affiliation in the Distribution of the Highest Offices and Offices of Elders (Starosta) in the Duchy of Livonia (1582–1629)

Edvards Seliška

doi:10.22364/lviz.118.02

Analysis of the Importance of Religious Affiliation in the Distribution of the Highest Offices and Offices of Elders (Starosta) in the Duchy of Livonia (1582–1629)

Edvards Seliška

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The article, based on available biographies, analyses the denominational affiliation of the highest officials (commissioners, land court judges, voivodes, castellans) and elders or starosta (administrators of crown estates) under the Catholic counter-reformation conditions during the reign of Stephen Báthory and Sigismund III (1582–1629) in the Duchy of Livonia. The aim is to analyse the proportion of non-Roman Catholic Christians (Protestants and Orthodox) in the duchy’s power structures and the factors that influenced it.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	29-62
Journal	Journal of the Institute of Latvian History
Volume	118
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22364/lviz.118.02
Publication status	Published - 2023

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6.1 History and Archaeology

Keywords

Catholicism
Duchy of Livonia
Protestantism
Sigismund III Vasa
Stephen Báthory

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Analysis of the Importance of Religious Affiliation in the Distribution of the Highest Offices and Offices of Elders (Starosta) in the Duchy of Livonia (1582–1629)

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