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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Jesuit studies, 2214-3289 ; volume 4 |
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Jesuit studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; volume 4. 2214-3289
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| Contents |
Jesuit Polymath of Madrid: The Literary Enterprise of Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1595-1658) -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1: Juan Eusebio Nieremberg -- Introduction -- The Jesuit -- Faithful Son of Saint Ignatius -- Christian Discernment -- The Ignatian Exercises: Seeking and Finding the Divine Will -- Discernment in Early Modern Spain -- Nieremberg and the Exercises -- Jesuit Ministry of the Word -- Erudite Eclecticism -- Conclusion -- 2: Catechetical Innovations -- Introduction -- Catechetical Context: Crying Tears of Blood -- Nieremberg and Trent -- The Voice of Doctrine -- The Catechetical Examples: Entertaining Digressions -- Narrative Appeal: The Open Roads of Spain -- Contemplating the Example: To Bring to Memory -- Assimilating the Example: The Story of One's Life -- The Wider Application of the Exemplo -- Conclusion -- 3: Contemplating the Book of Nature -- Introduction -- Nieremberg's Natural Philosophy -- The Miscellanies: Part Knowledge, Part Wonder -- Knowledge of the Natural World: Ad perfectam cognitionem -- Reading the Book of Nature: Harmony and Deformity -- Contemplating the Book of Nature: The Consideration -- Applying the Lessons of Nature: Deus me fecit -- Conclusion -- 4: The Spiritual Exercise of Reading -- Introduction -- The Eusebio -- Proper Knowledge -- Contemptus mundi -- Didactic Iconography: Ser and Parecer -- A Spiritual Itinerary -- Meditative Reading -- Conclusion -- 5: Public Maladies and Prudent Reform -- Introduction -- Words of Counsel -- The Pain of National Decline -- The Cause -- The Remedy -- Prudent Reform -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- 1: Bibliography of Works by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg -- 2: Excerpts of Cited Decrees from the Council of Trent -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
In Jesuit Polymath of Madrid D. Scott Hendrickson offers an account of the life and literary enterprise of Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1595-1658), who drew from his formation in the Jesuit Order to engage the cultural currents of seventeenth-century Spain |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio, 1595-1658
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Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio, 1595-1658. |
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Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio 1595-1658 |
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Jesuits -- Spain -- Madrid -- Biography
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Jesuits. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious.
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RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
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Christliche Literatur
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Spain -- Madrid.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004295445 |
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9004295445 |
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