Early Modern Litterae Indipetae for the East Indies

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Winner of the 2023 Desiderio Pirovano Award for Best Book in Church HistoryDuring the early modern period, thousands of Jesuits across Europe wrote individual applications for appointments in the “Indies” directly to the superior general of the Society of Jesus in Rome. Known today as litterae indipetae (from Indias petere, that is, applying for the missions in the Eastern and Western territories), these letters encompassed the most personal desires, hopes, and dreams of young Jesuits who sought to become missionaries.This book is the first English monograph on litterae indipetae and studies their style and structure, the background of their authors and the reasons behind their choices, as well as the network surrounding this practice (natural and spiritual families, procurators, confrères). Its purpose is also to capture the experiences of these individuals since lost to history by studying thousands of indipetae, in this case written mainly by Italian Jesuits at the turn of the eighteenth century. It focuses especially on the petitions aimed at East Asia, and offers in-depth analysis of cases of Jesuits whose missionary zeal for China and Japan was fulfilled—or not.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-05-18
Mått:155 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt:416 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Jesuit Studies
Antal sidor:162
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004538009

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Historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Elisa Frei is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt. She also works at the Digital Indipetae Database, hosted by the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies at Boston College, and is a research associate at the University of York. She has published widely on Jesuit missions, and co-edited the eight-volume series Asia by the Jesuit Daniello Bartoli.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Litterae Indipetae1.1 Purpose, Structure, and Instructions1.2 A “Typical” Petitioner?: Health and AgeConclusions2 Desires: Push and Pull FactorsIntroduction2.1 Pull Factors: Reading2.2 Push Factors: Reasons to LeaveConclusions3 The Petitioners’ Network3.1 Strategies to Be Chosen: Not Only Indipetae, but Also Hearings in Rome3.2 The Generals and Their Replies4 Case Studies: China and Japan4.1 The Desire for the Far East4.2 “Unsuccessful” Candidates4.3 “Successful” CandidatesConclusionsAppendix 1: Asian Preference in the indipetae from the Italian Assistancy (1687–1730)Appendix 2: Indipetae Sent from the Italian Assistancy (1687–1730)Appendix 3: Origin of the indipetae Written from the Italian Assistancy (1687–1730)Appendix 4: Indipetae from the Italian Assistancy according to the Jesuit Province (1687–1730)ConclusionsIndex