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Jesuits and the Natural Sciences in Modern Times, 1814–2014 : Brill's Resea…
After their restoration of 1814, the Jesuits made significant contributions to the natural sciences, especially in the fields of astronomy, meteorology, seismology, terrestrial magnetism, mathematics, and biology. This narrative provides a history of the Jesuit institutions in which these discoveries were made, many of which were established in countries that previously had no scientific instit…
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- 978-90-04-39490-2
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- vi, 104 pp.
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- Brill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies
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Jesuits and Islam in Europe
This volume chronicles Jesuit efforts to engage with Muslim populations in Christian Europe, such as the Moriscos, as well as the work of Jesuit missionaries in Muslim territory, such as Constantinople. It provides insights into the activities of the Society of Jesus along the eastern frontier of the Ottoman Empire, and tracks the careers of individual Jesuits such as Tomás de León and Antoni…
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- 978-90-04-51731-8
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- viii, 116 pp.
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- Brill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies
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Jesuit Schools and Universities in Europe, 1548–1773 : Brill's Research Per…
Paul F. Grendler, noted historian of European education, surveys Jesuit schools and universities throughout Europe from the first school founded in 1548 to the suppression of the Society of Jesus in 1773. The Jesuits were noted educators who founded and operated an international network of schools and universities that enrolled students from the age of ten through doctoral studies. The essay an…
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- 978-90-04-39112-3
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- viii, 118 pp.
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- Brill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies
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Jesuit Missions in Coastal and South India (1543–1773) : Between Mission an…
Jesuit missions in coastal and South India were among the first foundations of the Society of Jesus in the world. They represented models of apostolic action imitated, debated and reformulated in other parts of the world. This book traces the history of the Jesuit missionary activities in the early modern period and shows how the Jesuits navigated European colonial interests and local conversio…
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- 978-90-04-72739-7
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- x, 134 pp.
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- Brill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies
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Jesuit Libraries
The Society of Jesus began a tradition of collecting books and curating those collections at its foundation. These libraries were important to both their European sites and their missions; they helped build a global culture as part of early modern European evangelization. When the Society was suppressed, the Jesuits’ possessions were seized and redistributed, by transfer to other religious or…
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- 978-90-04-51737-0
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- vi, 115 pp.
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- Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences Brill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies
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Jesuit Art : Brill's Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies
In Jesuit Art, Mia Mochizuki considers the artistic production of the pre-suppression Society of Jesus (1540–1773) from a global perspective. Geographic and medial expansion of the standard corpus changes not only the objects under analysis, it also affects the kinds of queries that arise. Mochizuki draws upon masterpieces and material culture from around the world to assess the signature str…
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- 978-90-04-49822-8
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- vi, 220 pp.
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- Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences Brill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies
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Jane Austen Speaks Norwegian : The Challenges of Literary Translation
What can translations reveal about the global reception of any authorship? In Jane Austen Speaks Norwegian: The Challenges of Literary Translation, Marie Nedregotten Sørbø compares two novels and six translations of them. The discussion is entirely in English, as all Norwegian versions are back-translated. This study therefore lends itself to comparisons with other languages, and aims to fill…
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- 978-90-04-33717-6
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- 226 pp.
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- Costerus New Series, Volume: 219
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Jan Verschueren's Description of Yéi-Nan Culture : Extracted from the Posthu…
Joannis Cornelis Verschueren (1905-1970) worked as a Roman Catholic missionary in southern Irian from 1931 until 1970. In the 1950s he wrote a number of papers on the Yéi. These papers, based on older field notes and a research trip through the area, are recapitulated in this volume. Verschueren provides genuine inside information and his data are new and authentic. The four papers in this vol…
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- 978-90-04-28730-3
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- xiii, 107 pp.
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- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Volume: 99
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Jade-Carving Chisel and Luminous Ocean : Selected Essays by Jao Tsung-i on Li…
Jao Tsung-i’s scholarship illuminated the development of classical Chinese literature from antiquity through the end of the Qing dynasty. In this volume, eight interviews with and essays by Jao are translated faithfully into English, giving a sampling of his diverse insights into literature and its broader significance. Topics range from the religious beliefs underpinning the earliest Chinese…
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- 978-90-04-52356-2
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- xvi, 272 pp.
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- Collected Works of Jao Tsung-i, Volume: 4
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Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at The Imperial Court (2 Vols.) : The An…
In Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court: Antiquity as Innovation, Dirk Jansen provides a survey of the life and career of the antiquary, architect, and courtier Jacopo Strada (Mantua 1515–Vienna 1588). His manifold activities — also as a publisher and as an agent and artistic and scholarly advisor of powerful patrons such as Hans Jakob Fugger, the Duke of Bavaria and t…
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- 978-90-04-35949-9
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- 2 Volumes (Vol. 1: xxvi, 544 pp.; Vol. 2: xiv, 525 pp.); 870 full-color illustrations
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- Rulers & Elites, Volume: 17
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