The Jesuits & Italian universities. 1548-1773 / Paul F. Grendler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grendler, Paul F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--Education (Higher)--Italy--History.

Jesuits.

Universities and colleges--Italy--History.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (526 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The Catholic University of America Press, [2017]

Summary:

The Society of Jesus arrived in Italy in 1540 brimming with enthusiasm to found new universities.These would be better than Italian universities, which the Jesuits believed were full of professors teaching philosophical atheism to debauched students.The Jesuits also wanted to become professors in existing Italian universities.

Contents:

Introduction

The first Jesuits as university students at Paris and Padua

The battle of Messina and the Jesuit Constitutions

Messina and Catania 1563 to 1678

The attempt to enter the University of Turin

The Padua disaster

The Civic-Jesuit University of Parma

The Civic-Jesuit University of Mantua

Two new universities in the marches: Fermo and Macerata

The bishop says no: Palermo and Chambéry

The Jesuits and the University of Bologna

The battle over Canon Law in Rome

The Jesuits and the University of Perugia

Jesuit mathematicians in the Universities of Ferrara, Pavia, and Siena

Philosophical and pedagogical differences

The Jesuit contribution to theological education

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8132-2937-5

OCLC:

988941367