1769–1839: Tribolazioni e martirio, morte e risurrezione della Compagnia di Gesù; Lorenzo Ricci, Jan Roothaan e l'identità gesuitica come 'corpo cristico'

Author:

Mongini, Guido

Format:

Journal Article

Year:

2014

Journal Title:

Ricerche di Storia Sociale e Religiosa

Volume:

85–86

Language:

Italian

Abstract:

The celebration of the bicentenary of the restoration of the Society of Jesus (1814) offered the opportunity for revival of research into the New Society that was resurrected following the suppression of 1773. Comprised within the framework of such new studies, this article addresses the issue of what exactly the Jesuit identity of the 'restored' Society was, and how it was configured. More specifically, it reconstructs the centrality of the identity paradigm of the 'persecutions' in the historic and commemorative self-awareness of the Jesuit order in the 19th century. It ties up this paradigm not only with the origins of the Society, but also—by analyzing the letters of the Superior General Lorenzo Ricci—with the period immediately preceding the suppression of 1773.

Who (Jesuits):

Ricci, Lorenzo, 1703–1775

Roothaan, Jan Philipp, 1785–1853

What (Subjects):

History -- General -- Suppression

History -- General -- Restoration

Identity

Where (Locations):

Europe -- Italy -- Rome

When (Centuries):

18th century

19th century

Page Range:

157–208

ISSN:

0392-1581