Horin S. Monasteries of the Lutsk-Ostrog diocese in the end of the 15th - middle of the 17th centuries: function and place in the Volynian society

The main aim of the thesis is the reconstruction (as completely as allow you to do it uncovered archival and published sources) most important aspects of the Ostrog monastery Lutsk diocese for a specified chronological period. The object of study is the history of monasticism in the Eastern rite Ukraine late XV - first half of XVII century. The methodological basis of the thesis consists principles of historicism, consistency and objectivity, as well as methods used: problem, analysis and synthesis, comparison, logical, historical and chronological. For the first time in Ukrainian istorihrafiyi: the dominant trend in the process of changing the number of monasteries and the explanation of their dynamics, clarified the legal changes in the relationship between the monastery and cartridges/holders, fixed amount monastery Ostrog tenure Lutsk diocese and the number of subjects, a comprehensive analysis of the documentary evidence of donations to monasteries and burial in them, allowing us to better understand the role and place of the monasteries in the local society, made a comparison with the results of our studies of the history of the monastery Volyn Vladimir-Brest diocese, which helped to clarify the features of functioning monasteries in the whole of Eastern Rite Volyn region.