The Jesuits II : cultures, sciences, and the arts, 1540-1773 /

"Recent years have seen scholars in a wide range of disciplines re-evaluate the history of the Society of Jesus. In 1997, a group of scholars convened a major international conference to discuss the world of the Jesuits between 1540 and 1773 (the year of its suppression by papal edict). This me...

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Other Authors / Creators:O'Malley, John W., editor.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:English.
Imprint: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2006]
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Online Access:Click here for full text at JSTOR
Table of Contents:
  • Part One. The Society in Society
  • Part Two. The visual arts and the arts of persuasion
  • Part Three. Scientific knowledge, the order of nature, and natural theology
  • Part Four. Music, theatre, and the uses of performance
  • Part Five. The overseas missions : challenges and strategies
  • Part Six. Expulsions, suppressions, and the surviving remnant.