«a Maggior Gloria Di Dio» : Le Gesuitesse in Italia Tra Cinque e Seicento.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arlati, Fabio, author.

Series:

Premio Istituto Sangalli per la storia religiosa

Premio Istituto Sangalli per la Storia Religiosa Series

Premio Istituto Sangalli per la Storia Religiosa Series ; v.15

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--Spiritual life.

Jesuits.

Lay preaching.

Women in Christianity--Early works to 1800.

Women in Christianity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Florence : Firenze University Press, 2024.

Summary:

The book investigates the emergence in Italy between the 16th and 17th centuries of the so-called 'Jesuitesses', i.e. congregations of laywomen inspired by the spirituality of the Society of Jesus. Sources in the Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu show that in the early modern period various Jesuit spiritual directors helped many women, especially nobles, to set up communities without eclosure, dedicated to practices of spiritual improvement and educational activities similar to those of their confessors. In addition to providing a census of these congregations, the study examines the innovations of their forma vitae and analyzes the attitudes, at times supportive and at times oppositional, that territorial princes, bishops, Jesuit generals, the Holy Office, Roman congregations, and popes took towards the Jesuitesses.

Notes:

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OCLC:

1482263777