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The Jesuit Order as a synagogue of Jews : Jesuits of Jewish ancestry and purity-of-blood laws in the early Society of Jesus /

In "The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews" the author explains how Christians with Jewish ancestry went within less than forty years from having a leading role in the foundation and development of the Society of Jesus to being prohibited from membership in it.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Maryks, Robert A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 146.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The historical context of purity-of-blood discrimination (1391-1547)
  • Early Jesuit pro-converso policy (1540-72)
  • Discrimination against Jesuits of Jewish lineage (1573-93)
  • Jesuit opposition to the purity of blood discrimination (1576-1608).