The Jesuit suppression in global context : causes, events, and consequences / edited by Jeffrey D. Burson, Jonathan Wright.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burson, Jeffrey D., editor.

Wright, Jonathan, 1969- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--History--Suppression, 1773-1814.

Jesuits.

Jesuits--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 297 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction: Towards a new history of the eighteenth-century Jesuit suppression in global context / Jonathan Wright and Jeffrey D. Burson

Plots and rumors of plots : the role of conspiracy in the international campaign against the Society of Jesus, 1758-1768 / Dale K. Van Kley

Between power and enlightenment : the cultural and intellectual context for the Jesuit suppression in France / Jeffrey D. Burson

Friends as liabilities : Christophe de Beaumont's defence of the Jesuits / Thomas Worcester

On the road to suppression : the Jesuits and their expulsion from the reductions of Paraguay / Maurice Whitehead

The end of the Jesuit mission in China / R. Po-chia Hsia

The expulsion and suppression in Portugal and Spain : an overview / Emanuele Colombo and Niccolò Guasti

The suppression of the Jesuits in the Savoyard state / Christopher Storrs

"Lost in the title" : John Thorpe's eyewitness account of the suppression / Thomas M. McCoog, S.J.

French Jesuits 1756-1814 / D. Gillian Thompson

General suppression, Russian survival, American success : the "Russian" Jesuits and the Jesuits in the United States / Daniel L. Schlafly Jr.

Adam Beckers (1744-1806), (ex)-Jesuit in Amsterdam, and the Society of Jesus from suppression to restoration / Paul Begheyn, S.J.

Ex-Jesuits in the east Habsburg lands, Silesia and Poland / Paul Shore

The exile of the Spanish Jesuits in Italy (1767-1815) / Niccolò Guasti

The legacies of suppression : Jesuit culture and science: What was lost? What was gained? / Louis Caruana, S.J.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Nov 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-44383-3

1-316-44684-0

1-316-44641-7

1-316-44856-8

1-316-44727-8

1-316-44942-4

1-139-34413-7