The University of Mantua, the Gonzaga & the Jesuits, 1584-1630 / Paul F. Grendler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grendler, Paul F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pacifico ginnasio mantovano.

Jesuits--Education (Higher)--Italy--History--17th century.

Jesuits.

Jesuits--Education (Higher)--Italy--History--16th century.

Gonzaga family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

University of Mantua, the Gonzaga and the Jesuits

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thanks to extensive archival research and a thorough examination of the published works of the university's professors, Grendler's history tells a new story.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface

Abbreviations

Values of Some Coins and Monies of Account ca. 1625

CHAPTER 1. The Place and the People

1. The Duchy of Mantua

2. The Economy and the People

3. Monferrato

4. Jesuit Attempts to Enter Italian Universities

CHAPTER 2. The Jesuits Come to Mantua

1. The Founding of the Jesuit College

2. Blessed Luigi Gonzaga

3. Growth of the College and School

CHAPTER 3. Ferdinando Gonzaga and the Jesuits Create a University

1. University Dreams

2. Gonzaga Support of Learning

3. The Education of Ferdinando Gonzaga

4. Duke Ferdinando Gonzaga

5. The Jesuit Part of the University

6. The Public Academy of Mantua

CHAPTER 4. Doctor Marta

1. Early Life and Works

2. Ecclesiastical and Civil Jurisdiction

3. A Spy for James I

4. The Supplicatio ad imperatorem . . . contra Paulum Quintum

5. Was Doctor Marta a Doctor?

6. The Compilatio totius iuris ex universi orbis

7. The Move to Mantua

CHAPTER 5. Fabrizio Bartoletti and Other Professors

1. Fabrizio Bartoletti

2. The Encyclopaedia hermetico-dogmatica

3. The Courting of Bartoletti

4. More Searches

CHAPTER 6. The Peaceful University of Mantua

1. Final Preparations and Crises

2. Finances

3. The Pacifico Gymnasio Mantuano Begins

4. Students

CHAPTER 7. Medicine, Law, and Tacitus

1. Botanical Medicine

2. Chemical Medicine

3. Bartoletti's Research on Angina Pectoris

4. Law Professors and Marta's Research

5. The Tacitus Professorship

CHAPTER 8. The Jesuit Professorships

1. The Jesuit Curriculum and Teaching

2. The Career Paths of Jesuits and Lay Professors

3. Two Academic Cultures

CHAPTER 9. The End of the University of Mantua

1. The Crisis of the Mantuan Succession

2. The Contenders.

3. War, Plague, and the Sack of Mantua

4. The Imprisonment and Death of Doctor Marta

5. The End of the University of Mantua

6. After the Sack

Appendix: Jesuit Professors at Mantua, 1624-1630

Bibliography

Index

A

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G

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I

J

K

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M

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Q

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U

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W

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-9783-1

OCLC:

593232024

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access