Citizens of Warmia in the light of the visits of Bishop Krzysztof Andrzej Szembek
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Instytut Północny im. Wojciecha Kętrzyńskiego w Olsztynie
Online publication date: 2015-12-15
Publication date: 2015-12-16
KMW 2015;290(4):605-624
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Dominion Warmia during the reign of bishopChristopher Szembeka wasinhabited by about 90 000 people.
Most of them were peasant population, less than 25% were burghers a small fraction of Warmian nobility. This
article shows how the state of the diocese presented in the light of the visits of churches, performed in the
difficult times of after the Great Northern War. Visits general bishop Krzysztof Szembek Warmians appeared
as decent Catholics attending church services generally abiding by the Ten Commandments. Of course, the
bishop had commented on the maintenance of churches, farmhouses and rectory but generally the picture
draws a positive.