The Society of Jesus was formed in 1540, at the peak of the anti-Converso hysteria in Spain. It was in 1555-56 that both King Philip II and Pope Paul IV ratified the statute of "purity of blood" issued by the Archbishop of Toledo and Inquisitor General of Spain, Juan Martínez Gu…
Este texto reúne ensayos de un equipo de investigadores internacional y multidisciplinario, para examinar dos experimentos destacados de este programa colonizador: la reducción general del virrey Francisco de Toledo y las misiones de la Compañía de Jesús.
"Founded in 1540, the Society of Jesus was instantly popular, attracting thousands of candidates in its first century. Camilla Russell looks to the lives and writings of early Jesuits to better understand the Society's appeal, how it worked, and the ideas that drove Christian th…
