Rola szkolnictwa jezuickiego w kształtowaniu wspólnoty europejskiej
Streszczenie
The article presents a part of Society of Jesus in formation a culture of Europe seen as
a whole. The cultural and intellectual developments in Europe in the 16th and 17th century were
greatly influenced by the Jesuits. It made a fundamental contribution to the creation of uniform
European culture. The author concentrates on the Jesuit educational system (specially Ratio
studiorum, University of Vilnius, rhetoric) which formed the foundation of homogeneous culture
of the Europe. It was also a ‘‘platform” between East and West Europe.