The Effectiveness of an Anonymous Pen: The Experience of the Jesuit Polemicist Francesco Antonio Zaccaria

The figure of the Jesuit Francesco Antonio Zaccaria (1714–1795) is exemplary for considering the style that the controversy acquired in the early modern period, when he abandoned the strictly theological-doctrinal debate in an anti-Protestant function and also expanded to the legal, historical, and...

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Published in:The catholic historical review
Main Author: Negruzzo, Simona ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Catholic University of America Press 2021
In: The catholic historical review
Year: 2021, Volume: 107, Issue: 3, Pages: 349-362
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Zaccaria, Francesco Antonio 1714-1795 / Italy / Anonymous / Apologetics / Muratori, Lodovico Antonio 1672-1750
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBJ Italy
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NAB Fundamental theology
Further subjects:B Catholic Education
B Italian eloquence
B Jesuits
B Francesco Antonio Zaccaria S.J
B Apologetics
B Lodovico Antonio Muratori (1675–1750)
B (1714–1795)
B Anonymous literature
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Summary:The figure of the Jesuit Francesco Antonio Zaccaria (1714–1795) is exemplary for considering the style that the controversy acquired in the early modern period, when he abandoned the strictly theological-doctrinal debate in an anti-Protestant function and also expanded to the legal, historical, and literary in defense of the rights of the Church and of the papacy. This essay highlights and analyzes, in particular, the widespread eighteenth-century custom of anonymous writings. Authors did not want to escape censorship as much as to draw more attention to the contents and leave the writer the freedom of greater aggression of language and more effective apologetics.
ISSN:1534-0708
Contains:Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/cat.2021.0021