The presence of the Society of Jesus in the culture of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the period 1564–1773 was certainly one of the most important elements in the process of building the religious, cultural, and political identity of this multinational and multiconfessional state, one of the largest in Europe at the time. The authors sketch the most important trends in research on this subject matter and present the leading authors and their studies. They point out the recent departure from the historiography produced within the Society and the remnants of earlier, largely apologetic writings, towards the “hermeneutic turn” taking place at the moment. They explain their decisions concerning the contents of the present issue of JJS , aimed at filling gaps in the knowledge of English-speaking scholars caused by the fact that the majority of studies concerning the activities of Jesuits in the Commonwealth are published in Polish and Lithuanian.

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波兰和立陶宛的耶稣会文化，1564–1773

1564 年至 1773 年期间，耶稣会在波兰立陶宛联邦文化中的存在无疑是建立这个多民族和多信仰国家的宗教、文化和政治身份过程中最重要的因素之一，是当时欧洲最大的之一。作者概述了该主题研究中最重要的趋势，并介绍了主要作者及其研究。他们指出，最近偏离了学会内部产生的历史编纂以及早期主要是道歉的著作的残余，转向了目前正在发生的“解释学转向”。他们解释了他们对本期 JJS 内容的决定，