PŁYW WOJEN PÓŁNOCNYCH XVII I XVIII W. NA POSTAWY I RELACJE MIESZKAŃCÓW POZNANIA RÓŻNYCH WYZNAŃ.

Wars often result in changes of peoples' attitudes and approach towards others and social, economic and religious reality around them. This is especially true among those who have personally experienced atrocities of military conflicts. The aim of this paper is to reveal the impact of the Northern Wars (i.e. the 1655-1660 and 1700-1712 conflicts) on attitudes and relations between burghers of the city of Poznań representing various religious denominations. Examination of evidence shows that citizens of Poznań displayed usually toleration for other religions groups. This circumstance, of course, did not exclude occasional religious upheaval. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]