02461cam a2200505 i 4500 22125041 BJBSDDR 20250724163018.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 210521s2022 maua rb 001 0 eng 2021016803 9780674261129 (hbk.) 0674261127 (hbk.) 22125041 MH/DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng pcc e-it--- BX 3737 R961b 2022 271/.53045 Russell, Camilla 42987 Being a Jesuit in Renaissance Italy : biographical writing in the early global age / Camilla Russell. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022. 271 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: A New Society and Its Jesuits, 1540-1640 p. l 1 Vocation and Entry p. 18 2 Candidates for Overseas Missions p. 52 3 Being a Jesuit in the "Indies" p. 86 4 On the Italian Home Front p. 115 5 Deaths and Departures p. 146 Afterword: Writing Jesuit Lives p. 173 Notes p. 179 Acknowledgments p. 255 Index p. 259 "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"-- Provided by publisher. Jesuits Italy History 16th-17th centuries Sources. Jesuitas Historia Italia Fuentes 12827 Jesuits Biography Sources. Jesuits Historiography. Jesuitas Historiografía 43642 Biographies. lcgft https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history 43641 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK LLH 124031 124031 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2025-06-30 0 BX 3737 R961b 2022 00000187903 2025-06-30 00:00:00 1 2025-06-30 BK