Latin Books and the Eastern Orthodox Clerical Elite in Kiev, 1632-1780

The first study of the lost library of the Kiev Mohyla Academy which was destroyed by fire in 1780.

Since then its history and the precise content of its collections presented a mystery to researchers The Academy was the first, and - for the next half a century - the only, institution operating at the university level in the Eastern Orthodox world Engagingly and passionately written, this book throws new light on the Academy's intellectual foundations