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by Daly, Peter M., (Peter Maurice), Dimler, G. Richard
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The Jesuit series
by Daly, Peter M., (Peter Maurice), Dimler, G. Richard
fromCorpus librorum emblematum
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Type: Book
The multi-volume bibliography attempts to encompass all extant books of emblems, emblematically illustrated works, and books dealing with the theory and practice of emblematics that were written by members of the Society of Jesus; as well as translations and adaptation by Cathol…
The city and kingdom of Naples was deemed a suitable target for Jesuit intervention because of its moral and spiritual laxity. Jennifer Selwyn's study covers the period of intense Jesuit activity when the organization struggled to evangelize and civilize nominal Catholics locall…
"In recent years scholars in a range of disciplines have begun to re-evaluate the history of the Society of Jesus. Approaching the subject with new questions and methods, they have reconsidered the importance of the Society in many sectors, including those related to the science…
"In recent years scholars in a range of disciplines have begun to re-evaluate the history of the Society of Jesus. Approaching the subject with new questions and methods, they have reconsidered the importance of the Society in many sectors, including those related to the science…
This book examines one of the most remarkable political myths of the modern era. The image of a Jesuit conspiracy against state, society, and modern civilization haunted the imaginations of European liberals for most of the nineteenth century. This book examines the operations a…
This book examines one of the most remarkable political myths of the modern era. The image of a Jesuit conspiracy against state, society, and modern civilization haunted the imaginations of European liberals for most of the nineteenth century. This book examines the operations a…
In this provocative revisionist work, Evonne Levy brings fresh theoretical perspectives to the study of the "propagandistic" art and architecture of the Jesuit order as exemplified by its late Baroque Roman church interiors. The first extensive analysis of the aims, mechanisms, …
"In this provocative revisionist work, Evonne Levy brings fresh theoretical perspectives to the study of the "propagandistic" art and architecture of the Jesuit order as exemplified by its late Baroque Roman church interiors. The first extensive analysis of the aims, mechanisms,…
"This volume is the first comprehensive study of the work of the Society of Jesus in the British Isles during the sixteenth century. Beginning with an account of brief papal missions to Ireland (1541) and Scotland (1562), it goes on to cover the foundation of a permanent mission…
"Francis Xavier's arrival in Japan in 1549 initiated a radically different approach to the spread of Christianity, one which was to distinguish the Jesuits from all other Europeans for the next two hundred years: his insistence that his missionaries should respect and understand…
"Francis Xavier's arrival in Japan in 1549 initiated a radically different approach to the spread of Christianity, one which was to distinguish the Jesuits from all other Europeans for the next two hundred years: his insistence that his missionaries should respect and understand…
Chronicles the life of Jesuit João Rodrigues (1558-1633), who spent more than half his life in Japan and China. Rodrigues won the friendship of Japan's two succesive supreme rulers, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu; took an active role in the silk trade between China and Japan; and, serving…