Warmiacy w świetle wizytacji biskupa Krzysztofa Andrzeja Szembeka

Dominion Warmia during the reign of bishop Christopher Szembeka was inhabited by about 90 000 people. Most of them were peasant population, less than 25% were burghers a small fraction of Warmian nobility. This article shows how the state of the diocese presented in the light of the visits of churches, performed in the difficult times of after the Great Northern War. Visits general bishop Krzysztof Szembek Warmians appeared as decent Catholics attending church services generally abiding by the Ten Commandments. Of course, the bishop had commented on the maintenance of churches, farmhouses and rectory but generally the picture draws a positive.