Reform Catholicism and the international suppression of the Jesuits in enlightenment Europe / Dale K. Van Kley.

Author/creator Van Kley, Dale K., 1941-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Haven ; London : Yale University Press [2018]
Descriptionxii, 370 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Catholic Church--Europe. --History.
Jesuits--Europe. --History.
Enlightenment--Europe.
Europe--Church history. --16th century.
Europe--Church history. --17th century.
Europe--Church history. --18th century.
Europe--Intellectual life. --16th century.
Europe--Intellectual life. --17th century.
Europe--Intellectual life. --18th century.

Contents Part I. Place of anti-Jesuitism in Reform Catholicism: -- One. From the Catholic Enlightenment to Reform Catholicism, 1540-1759 -- Two. Genesis and trajectory of anti-Jesuitism, 1554-1761. -- Part II. Expulsions and suppressions of the Jesuits: -- Three. Case of France, 1758-1764 -- Four. Portugal and Spain, 1754-1767 -- Five. Naples, Parma, and the Bourbon Family Pact, 1767-1773. -- Part III. Reform Catholicism and the ultramontanist international: -- Six. End of the Jesuits and the polarization of Catholic Europe, 1773-1791. -- Afterword as fast-forward.
Summary An investigation into the role of Reform Catholicism in the international suppression of the Jesuits in 1773. The Jesuits devoted themselves to preaching the word of God, administering the sacraments, and spreading the faith by missions in both Europe and newly discovered lands abroad. But, in 1773, under intense pressure from the monarchs of Europe, the papacy suppressed the Society of Jesus, an act that reverberated from Europe to the Americas and Southeast Asia. In this scholarly history, Dale Van Kley argues that Reform Catholicism, not a secular Enlightenment, provided the justification for Catholic kings to suppress a society instituted by the papacy. Spanning the years from the mid-sixteenth century to the onset of the French Revolution, and the Jesuit presence from China to Brazil, this is the only single volume in English to make coherent sense of the series of expulsions that add up to what was arguably the most important religious event in Europe of the time, resulting in the secularization of tens of thousands of Jesuits.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017951821
ISBN9780300228465 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN0300228465 (hardback : alk. paper)

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