The Jesuits II

The Jesuits II cultures, sciences, and the arts, 1540-1773 / [electronic resource] : edited by John W. O'Malley ... [et al.]. - Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, c2006. - 1 online resource (xxxvi, 905 p.) : ill.

Essays originally presented as papers at a conference held in 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. The Society in society -- pt. 2. The visual arts and the arts of persuasion -- pt. 3. Scientific knowledge, the order of nature, and natural theology -- pt. 4. Music, theatre, and the uses of performance -- pt. 5. The overseas missions: challenges and strategies -- pt. 6. Expulsions, suppressions, and the surviving remnant -- Appendix: Jesuit opera in seventeenth-century Vienna: Patientis Christi memoria by Johann Bernhard Staudt (1654-1712).

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Jesuits--History--Congresses.
Jésuites--Histoire--Congrès.


Christianity and culture--Congresses.
Christianisme et civilisation--Congrès.
RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations


Electronic books.

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