Being a Jesuit in Renaissance Italy - Biographical Writing in the Early Global Age

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.

About the author

Camilla Russell is Publications Editor for Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu at the Roman Jesuit Archive. She is the author of Giulia Gonzaga and the Religious Controversies of Sixteenth-Century Italy and Fellow in History at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Camilla Russell
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780674261129
• ISBN: 978-0-674-26112-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, European History, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, General & world history, General and world history, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance