Donations to Monasteries of the Latin and Greek Rites in the Last Wills of the Southern part of Ashmyany District between 1649 and 1719

Abstract

The article presents the issue of testamentary donations made by Christians of the Greek and Latin rites to monasteries in the territory of the Ashmyany district, located in the Vilnius voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania between 1649 and 1719. The Ashmyany district was inhabited primarily by lesser nobility, who allocated their legacies to monasteries not only of their own rite, but also of other rites. Testamentary records show the monastic centres that occupied the most important religious sites in the region and the most important, in the opinion of the testators, centres to commemorate them.