Humanism, Universities, and Jesuit Education in Late Renaissance Italy

Paul F. Grendler, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Toronto, is the author of twelve books and editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. He has received the Galileo Prize, the Paul Oskar Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award, and the George E. Ganss S.J. Award.

"As in all Professor Grendler’s work his essays are a model of lucidity and thorough research." - Alastair Hamilton, The Warburg Institute, London, in: Church History and Religious Culture, Vol. 103, No. 1 (2023), pp. 108–110"Twenty chapters in this large volume were produced between 2006 and 2019 by one of the most accomplished scholars in the field of Renaissance history. Their erudition, precision, and balanced interpretive analysis, which never stray from the foundations of meticulous archival and historiographical research, make this a treasure trove for scholars who wish to get to know its subjects, revise their knowledge of them, or—if starting out in this field—meet Grendler's work for the first time. Whatever the reader’s perspective, there is much to gain from this volume." - Camilla Russell, Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu, Italy / University of Newcastle, Australia, in: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 2 (Summer 2024), pp. 679–681

• AcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsAbbreviationsIntroductionpart 1Humanism1 Humanism: Ancient Learning, Criticism, Schools, and Universities1 The Historiography of Humanism2 Classical Learning and Criticism3 Schools and Universities2 Georg Voigt: Historian of Humanism1 Education and Career2 Die Wiederbelebung3 Influence4 Conclusion3 Italian Biblical Humanism and the Papacy 1515–15351 Four Christian Hebraists2 Two Curial Cardinals3 The Role of the Papacy4 Conclusion4 Education in the Republic of Venice1 Medieval Background2 The Renaissance Expansion of Schooling3 Catholic Reformation Schooling4 The Reforms of the 1770s5 Jewish Schooling6 Conclusion5 The Humanistic Gymnasium from Humboldt to Kristeller1 Bildung and the Humanistic Gymnasium2 Paul Oskar Kristeller at the Mommsen Gymnasium3 Conclusionpart 2Universities6 Paul Oskar Kristeller on Renaissance Universities1 Early Interest in Universities2 Publications 1945 through 19563 A Book on the “Intellectual History of the Italian Universities to 1600”4 “The Curriculum of the Italian Universities”5 Debates with Other Scholars6 Theology in Italian Universities7 The University of Heidelberg8 Other Studies9 Conclusion7 Studies on the Italian Universities of the Renaissance An Unpublished Work of Paul Oskar Kristeller. Introduced and Edited by Paul F. Grendler8 Italian Universities and War 1494–16301 The University of Pavia and War2 The Movements of Professors and Students Because of War3 Conclusion9 Gasparo Contarini and the University of Padua10 Fencing, Playing Ball, and Dancing in Italian Renaissance Universities1 The Students2 Lo scolare of Annibale Roero3 Fencing4 Playing Ball5 Dancing6 Conclusion11 On the Causes of the Greatness and Magnificence of Italian Universities1 Conclusion12 Giacomo Antonio Marta: Antipapal Lawyer and English Spy 1609–16181 Civil and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction2 A Spy for James I3 The Supplicatio ad Imperatorem … Contra Paulum Quintum4 Conclusion13 Apostolici Regiminis Sollicitudo: Italian Preachers Defend the Immortality of the Soul1 Apostolici Regiminis Sollicitudo2 The Italian University Response3 Preachers Against False Philosophy: Cornelio Musso4 Franceschino Visdomini and Girolamo Seripando5 Francesco Panigarola6 Conclusionpart 3Jesuit Education14 Laínez and the Schools in Europe1 Before 15562 Growth of the Schools3 The Teacher Shortage4 The Schools Are the Most Important Ministry5 The Formula for Accepting Colleges6 Other Actions7 Conclusion15 Philosophy in Jesuit Schools and Universities1 The Development of the Philosophical Cursus2 Teachers and Schools3 Conflicts with Universities16 The Culture of the Jesuit Teacher 1548–17731 All Jesuits Will Teach2 Leader and Manager of the Classroom3 The Culture of Competition4 Jesuit Civic Humanism5 Teacher of the Elite6 The Jesuit Teacher Cares for Poor and Weak Students7 Conclusion17 The Attitudes of the Jesuits toward Juan Luis Vives1 Ignatius of Loyola and Vives2 After Ignatius3 Conclusion18 The Attitudes of the Jesuits toward Erasmus1 Should Jesuit Schools Teach the Works of Erasmus?2 The Generalate of Diego Laínez 1556–15653 After the Indexes4 The Final Destination of the Works of Erasmus5 Conclusion19 Fifteenth-Century Catechesis, the Schools of Christian Doctrine, and the Jesuits1 Youth Confraternities Teaching Christian Doctrine in the Fifteenth Century2 Fifteenth-Century Catechisms3 The Milanese Schools of Christian Doctrine4 The Missing Jesuits5 Jesuit Catechesis6 Conclusion20 The Jesuit Education of Benedetto Pamphilj at the Collegio RomanoIndex 495