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Auteur(s) : Grendler, Paul Frederick (1936-....)
Titre(s) : The Jesuits and Italian universities [Texte imprimé]. 1548-1773 / Paul F. Grendler
Publication : Washington D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2017]
Description matérielle : xvi, 505 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction ; The first Jesuits as university students at Paris and Padua ; The
battle of Messina and the Jesuit Constitutions ; Messina and Catania 1563 to 1678
; The attempt to enter the University of Turin ; The Padua disaster ; The Civic-Jesuit
University of Parma ; The Civic-Jesuit University of Mantua ; Two new universities
in the marches: Fermo and Macerata ; The bishop says no: Palermo and Chambéry ;
The Jesuits and the University of Bologna ; The battle over Canon Law in Rome ;
The Jesuits and the University of Perugia ; Jesuit mathematicians in the Universities
of Ferrara, Pavia, and Siena ; Philosophical and pedagogical differences ; The Jesuit
contribution to theological education ; Conclusion.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-484) and index
The Society of Jesus arrived in Italy in 1540 brimming with enthusiasm to found new
universities. These would be better than Italian universities, which the Jesuits believed
were full of professors teaching philosophical atheism to debauched students. The
Jesuits also wanted to become professors in existing Italian universities. They would
teach Christian philosophy, true theology, sound logic, eloquent humanities, and practical
mathematics. They would exert a positive moral influence on students. The Jesuits
were rejected. Italy already had fourteen universities famous for their research and
teaching. They were ruled by princes and cities who refused to share their universities
with a religious order led by Spaniards. Between 1548 and 1773 the Jesuits made sixteen
attempts, from Turin in the north to Messina in Sicily, to found new universities
or to become professors in existing universities. They had some successes, as they
helped found four new universities and became professors of mathematics in three more
universities. But they suffered nine total failures. The battles between universities,
civil governments, and the Jesuits were memorable. Lay professors accused the Jesuits
of teaching philosophy badly. The Jesuits charged that Italian professors delivered
few lectures and skipped most of Aristotle. Behind the denunciations were profound
differences about what universities should be. Italian universities were dominated
by law and the Jesuits emphasized the humanities and theology
Sujet(s) : Jésuites -- Éducation -- Italie -- 1500-1800
Universités -- Italie -- 1500-1800
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780813229362. - ISBN 0813229367
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