The Jesuits II: cultures, sciences, and the arts, 1540-1773
pt. 1. The Society in society -- pt. 2. The visual arts and the arts of persuasion -- pt. 3. Scientific knowledge, the order of nature, and natural theology -- pt. 4. Music, theatre, and the uses of performance -- pt. 5. The overseas missions: challenges and strategies -- pt. 6. Expulsions, suppress...
| Summary: | pt. 1. The Society in society -- pt. 2. The visual arts and the arts of persuasion -- pt. 3. Scientific knowledge, the order of nature, and natural theology -- pt. 4. Music, theatre, and the uses of performance -- pt. 5. The overseas missions: challenges and strategies -- pt. 6. Expulsions, suppressions, and the surviving remnant -- Appendix: Jesuit opera in seventeenth-century Vienna: Patientis Christi memoria by Johann Bernhard Staudt (1654-1712) |
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| Item Description: | Essays originally presented as papers at a conference held in 2002. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | Online Ressource (xxxvi, 905 p.), ill. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4426-8155-2 1-4426-8155-1 |
