Book Launch: Antal Molnár – Catholic Confessionalization in Early Modern Moldavia: The Synod of Cotnari and the Speculum Ordinis of Bartolomeo Bassetti OFMConv. (1642)

Antal Molnár’s book, published in 2025 by Libreria Editrice Vaticana (Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche – Atti e Documenti 73) represents a major contribution to the field. In addition to the author, Gábor Kármán (Budapest), Maria Teresa Fattori (Teramo) and Ovidiu Olar (Vienna) join the round table discussion on the occasion of the book launch, with Emese Muntán (Vienna) in the role of a moderator. The event is organized by SMALLST – The Diplomacy of Small States in Early Modern Southeastern Europe” (ERC CoG 101043451), “ORTHPOL – Orthodoxies and Politics: The Religious Reforms of Mid-17th Century in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe” (ERC StG 950287) and “Global Catholicism, Local Power Networks and Intermediary Agencies in Early Modern Ott oman Europe” (APART-GSK 12067).