The book investigates the emergence in Italy between the 16th and 17th centuries of the so-called “Jesuitesses”, i.e. congregations of laywomen inspired by the spirituality of the Society of Jesus. Sources in the Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu show that in the early modern period various Jesuit spiritual directors helped many women, especially nobles, to set up communities without eclosure, dedicated to practices of spiritual improvement and educational activities similar to those of their confessors. In addition to providing a census of these congregations, the study examines the innovations of their forma vitae and analyzes the attitudes, at times supportive and at times oppositional, that territorial princes, bishops, Jesuit generals, the Holy Office, Roman congregations, and popes took towards the Jesuitesses.
Il volume indaga la nascita in Italia tra Cinque e Seicento delle cosiddette “gesuitesse”, ossia congregazioni di donne laiche, ispirate alla spiritualità della Compagnia di Gesù. Dalle fonti dell’Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu emerge che nella prima età moderna vari direttori spirituali gesuiti aiutarono molte donne, specialmente nobili, a dar vita a comunità senza clausura, dedite a pratiche di perfezionamento e ad attività educative simili a quelle dei loro confessori. Oltre a fornire un censimento di queste congregazioni, lo studio esamina le novità della loro forma vitae e analizza l’atteggiamento, ora di supporto ora di opposizione, che assunsero verso le gesuitesse i principi territoriali, i vescovi, i generali gesuiti, il Sant’Uffizio, le congregazioni romane e i papi.
Arlati, F., «A maggior gloria di Dio». Le gesuitesse in Italia tra Cinque e Seicento, Firenze University Press, Firenze 2024:2024 339. 10.36253/979-12-215-0326-5 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/289637]
«A maggior gloria di Dio». Le gesuitesse in Italia tra Cinque e Seicento
Arlati, Fabio
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2024
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The book investigates the emergence in Italy between the 16th and 17th centuries of the so-called “Jesuitesses”, i.e. congregations of laywomen inspired by the spirituality of the Society of Jesus. Sources in the Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu show that in the early modern period various Jesuit spiritual directors helped many women, especially nobles, to set up communities without eclosure, dedicated to practices of spiritual improvement and educational activities similar to those of their confessors. In addition to providing a census of these congregations, the study examines the innovations of their forma vitae and analyzes the attitudes, at times supportive and at times oppositional, that territorial princes, bishops, Jesuit generals, the Holy Office, Roman congregations, and popes took towards the Jesuitesses.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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