The University of Mantua, the Gonzaga & the Jesuits, 1584-1630 / / Paul F. Grendler

• Autore: Grendler Paul F
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 287 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.45/281
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Values of Some Coins and Monies of Account ca. 1625 -- CHAPTER 1. The Place and the People -- 1. The Duchy of Mantua -- 2. The Economy and the People -- 3. Monferrato -- 4. Jesuit Attempts to Enter Italian Universities -- CHAPTER 2. The Jesuits Come to Mantua -- 1. The Founding of the Jesuit College -- 2. Blessed Luigi Gonzaga -- 3. Growth of the College and School -- CHAPTER 3. Ferdinando Gonzaga and the Jesuits Create a University -- 1. University Dreams -- 2. Gonzaga Support of Learning -- 3. The Education of Ferdinando Gonzaga -- 4. Duke Ferdinando Gonzaga -- 5. The Jesuit Part of the University -- 6. The Public Academy of Mantua -- CHAPTER 4. Doctor Marta -- 1. Early Life and Works -- 2. Ecclesiastical and Civil Jurisdiction -- 3. A Spy for James I -- 4. The Supplicatio ad imperatorem . . . contra Paulum Quintum -- 5. Was Doctor Marta a Doctor? -- 6. The Compilatio totius iuris ex universi orbis -- 7. The Move to Mantua -- CHAPTER 5. Fabrizio Bartoletti and Other Professors -- 1. Fabrizio Bartoletti -- 2. The Encyclopaedia hermetico-dogmatica -- 3. The Courting of Bartoletti -- 4. More Searches -- CHAPTER 6. The Peaceful University of Mantua -- 1. Final Preparations and Crises -- 2. Finances -- 3. The Pacifico Gymnasio Mantuano Begins -- 4. Students -- CHAPTER 7. Medicine, Law, and Tacitus -- 1. Botanical Medicine -- 2. Chemical Medicine -- 3. Bartoletti's Research on Angina Pectoris -- 4. Law Professors and Marta's Research -- 5. The Tacitus Professorship -- CHAPTER 8. The Jesuit Professorships -- 1. The Jesuit Curriculum and Teaching -- 2. The Career Paths of Jesuits and Lay Professors -- 3. Two Academic Cultures -- CHAPTER 9. The End of the University of Mantua -- 1. The Crisis of the Mantuan Succession -- 2. The Contenders. ; 3. War, Plague, and the Sack of Mantua -- 4. The Imprisonment and Death of Doctor Marta -- 5. The End of the University of Mantua -- 6. After the Sack -- Appendix: Jesuit Professors at Mantua, 1624-1630 -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Thanks to extensive archival research and a thorough examination of the published works of the university's professors, Grendler's history tells a new story.
• Altri titoli varianti: University of Mantua, the Gonzaga and the Jesuits
• Titolo autorizzato: The University of Mantua, the Gonzaga & the Jesuits, 1584-1630
• ISBN: 0-8018-9783-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910524662603321
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