The Jesuit Suppression in Global Context: Causes, Events, and Consequences - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1107030587 ISBN 13 : 9781107030589

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In 1773, Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Society of Jesus, a dramatic, puzzling act that had a profound impact. This volume traces the causes of the attack on the Jesuits, the national expulsions that preceded universal suppression, and the consequences of these extraordinary developments. The Suppression occurred at a unique historical juncture, at the high-water mark of the Enlightenment and on the cusp of global imperial crises and the Age of Revolution. After more than two centuries, answers to how and why it took place remain unclear. A diverse selection of essays - covering France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Eastern Europe, and the Americas - reflects the complex international elements of the Jesuit Suppression. The contributors shed new light on its significance by drawing on the latest research. Essential reading on a crucial yet previously neglected topic, this collection will interest scholars of eighteenth-century religious, intellectual, cultural, and political history.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jeffrey D. Burson is Associate Professor of French History and the Enlightenment at Georgia Southern University. He is the author of The Rise and Fall of Theological Enlightenment: Jean-Martin de Prades and Ideological Polarization in Eighteenth-Century France and coeditor, with Ulrich L. Lehner, of Enlightenment and Catholicism in Europe: A Transnational History.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1107030587
• ISBN 13: 9781107030589
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 305