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The article introduces a translation and interpretation of a part of Relationi universali written by Giovanni Botero (1544–1617). In this work, Botero presents his perspective on the course of the Catholic Reformation in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and he also touches on the issues of religious tolerance and coexistence of various Christian creeds. Botero’s evaluation of believers under both kinds...
The Papacy extensively used services of its nuncios in enforcement of Counter-Reformation. It was not different in the Bohemian lands, particularly after 1583, when the nunciature resided on the Emperor’s court in Prague. The daring plans of the first nuncios residing in Prague, however, were replaced with a defensive policy under the pontificate of Pope Paul V (1605-1621). This is documented in a...
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