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Antonio Possevino
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Antonio Possevino was a Jesuit protagonist of Counter Reformation as a papal diplomat and a Jesuit controversialist, encyclopedist and bibliographer. He was the first Jesuit to visit Muscovy, Sweden, Denmark, Livonia, Hungary, Pomerania, and Saxony in amply documented papal missions between 1578 and 1586 where he championed the enterprising policies of Pope Gregory XIII.
Batory at Pskov. Painting by Jan Matejko. Possevino is the black-robed Jesuit at the center, blessing the offerings
Batory at Pskov. Painting by Jan Matejko. Possevino is the black-robed Jesuit at the center, blessing the offerings
Livonian War
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The Livonian War (1558–1583) was fought for control of Old Livonia. The Tsardom of Russia faced a varying coalition of the Dano-Norwegian Realm, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Union of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland.
Siege of Narva by the Russians in 1558, by Boris Chorikov, 1836
Siege of Narva by the Russians in 1558, by Boris Chorikov, 1836
Russian atrocities in Livonia. Printed in Zeyttung published in Nuremberg in 1561.
Russian atrocities in Livonia. Printed in Zeyttung published in Nuremberg in 1561.
Russian atrocities in 1577.
Russian atrocities in 1577.
The siege of Polotsk, 1579, in a contemporary illustration.
The siege of Polotsk, 1579, in a contemporary illustration.