Early modern litterae indipetae for the East Indies / by Elisa Frei.

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

viii, 162 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

"Jesuits usually joined the Society in their mid-teens, spent a decade receiving further education, and their first assignment was likely to be teaching and ministry in Europe. For many of them, however, the East Indies appealed more to their desire for novelty, danger, and martyrdom. This book considers thousands of Indipetae for the first time as a coherent and self-concluded work written by a scholar with a long-time experience with them. It demonstrates the importance of apparently secondary and less-used sources (like the generals' replies) in order to provide a more exhaustive picture of the Society of Jesus and its members' dreams and aspirations"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Frei, Elisa. Early modern litterae indipetae for the East Indies Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

English

December 01, 2023

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History.