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Being a Jesuit in Renaissance Italy : biographical writing in the early global age
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Being a Jesuit in Renaissance Italy : biographical writing in the early global age / Camilla Russell.
ISBN
9780674261129
0674261127
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
271 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Summary
"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 thinkers and missionaries during the Renaissance and early modern period"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 06, 2022
Series
I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: A new society and its Jesuits, 1540-1640
Vocation and entry
Candidates for overseas missions
Being a Jesuit in the 'Indies'
On the Italian home front
Deaths and departures.
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