TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface..........3

Introduction. From Lyons to Krevo and Constance, 1245—1418..........15

Part I. The Union of Florence and Its Aftermath Among the Ruthenians..........33—140

I. The Origin of the Union of Florence and the Ruthenian Problem..........33

II. The Attitude of Poland. Lithuania, and Moscow toward the Council of Florence..........40

III. The Crusade of Varna and the Fall of Constantinople..........66

IV. The Revival of the Union of Florence in Kiev..........83

V. The Metropolitans of Kiev from Misael to Joseph I, 1473—1501..........99

VI. The Survival of the Florentine Tradition Among the Ruthenians..........123

Part II. The Union of Lublin and Its Religious Implications..........141—197

I. The Religious Crisis in Poland and Lithuania..........141

II. Before and after the Diet of Lublin, 1569..........158

III. Pius V, Sigismund Augustus, and the Eastern Question..........172

IV. From the Synod of Sandomierz to the Confederation of Warsaw..........183

Part III. The Origins of the Union of Brest..........199—286

I. Skarga and Possevino, 1577—1587..........199

II. A Patriarch of Constantinople in the Commonwealth 1588—1589..........223

III. The Initiative of 1590 and its Consequence..........236

IV. The Mission of Alexander Komulovich..........253

V. The Year of Decision: 1594..........268

Part IV. The Union of Brest..........287—419

I. At Brest, Toruri, and Cracow..........287

II. The Union of Rome, 1595..........311

III. The Opposition against the Union..........342

IV. The Synod of Brest, 1596..........366

V. Prospects for the Future..........392

List of Consulted Manuscripts..........421

Index..........422