Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix

INTRODUCTION ι

1. THE UKRAINIAN COSSACKS 16

2. THE RELIGIOUS CRISIS 65

3. WARRIORS FOR THE FAITH 100

4. ORDER, RELIGION, AND NATION 145

5. A WAR OF RELIGION 176

6. A HETMAN SENT BY GOD 207

7. HETMANS AND METROPOLITANS 236

8. IN SEARCH OF AN ORTHODOX MONARCH 274

CONCLUSIONS 334

bibLiOGrAPhy 345

iNDEx 391