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A Paradise Inhabited by Devils : the Jesuits' Civilizing Mission in Early Modern Naples.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Florence :
Taylor and Francis,
2004.
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| Colección: | Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Publishers' note
- Series Editor's Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Dedication
- Introduction: Situating the Jesuits and Naples in the early modern world
- Historical treatments of the Jesuits
- 1 A paradise inhabited by devils
- The urban landscape of Naples
- Spiritual disorder in Naples
- 2 'Planting many virtues there': Early Jesuit missions in Naples, 1550-1620
- The urban missions in Naples
- The infidel at home: Converting Muslim slaves
- 3 Reverberations from the New World
- The lure of the Indies
- The Model Missionary: Francis Xavier
- The lucky ones: Neapolitan Jesuits in the New World
- Jose ́de Acosta and the Jesuits' civilizing mission: From Peru to Naples
- Toward a collective missionary identity
- 4 'Use every means that you will judge opportune': Instructions to Jesuit missionaries
- Institutional directives and the varieties of instructional documents
- Logistical concerns in the instructional manuals
- Maintaining good relationships with fellow clergy
- Reforming illicit behaviors
- 5 Taming the beast: Confronting discord in early modern Naples
- 'Blessed are the Peacemakers for they Shall be Called the Sons of God' (Matthew 5:9)
- The heroic image of Jesuit peacemakers
- 'Exhorting the people to live peacefully': The Jesuits and the Revolt of Naples, 1647-48
- After the Revolt: The social drama of peacemaking
- 6 Perfecting one's craft: Jesuit missionary theater in Naples
- Staging the missions
- Schools of mortification
- Promise and danger in the penitential missions
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.