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Jesuits and fortifications : the contribution of the Jesuits to military architecture in the Baroque Age / by Dennis De Lucca

por Lucca, Dennis de

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Editor: Leiden : Brill, 2012
Descripción Física: xxiii, 389 p. : il., mapas; 25 cm
Serie: History of Warfare 73
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List of illustrations
List of abbreviations
Preface
1. THE JESUIT INTEREST IN THE ART OF WAR: The military mind' of Ignatius of Loyola; Decisive blattles for the salvation of the catholic church: The Rhetoric of the Jesuit Preacher, the skills of the Jesuit confessor and the Foundation of the best teaching and learning institutions of the Baroque Age; Entering dangerous territory: The Jesuit mathematicus and the geometry of war in Early Modern Europe; I am not a priest and a colonel - The views of the learned Antonio Possevino and other Jesuit scholar regarding the involvement of clerics in war-related activities to conquer the enemies of the Catholic Church
2. FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE BATTLEFIELD - JESUIT TEACHINGS ON FORTIFICATION BUILDING UN EARLY MODERN EUROPA: Acoomodating the demands of the Catholic Nobility of the Baroque Age; The role of the Jesuit mathematicus in Italy, France and Portugal; Classes on fortification building at the colegio Imperial in Madrid and the dissemination of jesuit military knowledge in the european dominions of His Catholic Majesty
Some exotic Jesuit scenarios beyond Europe: American reducciones, Philippine fortresses and Chinese Cannon
3. Jesuit writings on military architecture: The authors and tittles of Jesuits treatises on military architecture in the Baroque Age; General Vincenzo Carafa's prohibition of Jesuit research on fortification building; The creation of a unique synergy document: The Escuela de Palas Treatise of 1693
4. the case of Giacomo Masò; The great turkish peril and the establishment of a Jesuit Academy of Fortification Mathematics in Hospitaller Malta; Trattato dell'Architettura militare defensiva et offensiva-an unpublished treatise on military architecture; Giacomo's tragic death in Sicily-a case of inner personal conflicts
5. The contribution of the Jesuits to the Military Architecture of the Baroque Age; The end of an Era: the general suppression of the Jesuit order in 1773 and its aftermath; Concludings remarks
Bibliography
General index



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List of illustrations
List of abbreviations
Preface
1. THE JESUIT INTEREST IN THE ART OF WAR: The military mind' of Ignatius of Loyola; Decisive blattles for the salvation of the catholic church: The Rhetoric of the Jesuit Preacher, the skills of the Jesuit confessor and the Foundation of the best teaching and learning institutions of the Baroque Age; Entering dangerous territory: The Jesuit mathematicus and the geometry of war in Early Modern Europe; I am not a priest and a colonel - The views of the learned Antonio Possevino and other Jesuit scholar regarding the involvement of clerics in war-related activities to conquer the enemies of the Catholic Church
2. FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE BATTLEFIELD - JESUIT TEACHINGS ON FORTIFICATION BUILDING UN EARLY MODERN EUROPA: Acoomodating the demands of the Catholic Nobility of the Baroque Age; The role of the Jesuit mathematicus in Italy, France and Portugal; Classes on fortification building at the colegio Imperial in Madrid and the dissemination of jesuit military knowledge in the european dominions of His Catholic Majesty
Some exotic Jesuit scenarios beyond Europe: American reducciones, Philippine fortresses and Chinese Cannon
3. Jesuit writings on military architecture: The authors and tittles of Jesuits treatises on military architecture in the Baroque Age; General Vincenzo Carafa's prohibition of Jesuit research on fortification building; The creation of a unique synergy document: The Escuela de Palas Treatise of 1693
4. the case of Giacomo Masò; The great turkish peril and the establishment of a Jesuit Academy of Fortification Mathematics in Hospitaller Malta; Trattato dell'Architettura militare defensiva et offensiva-an unpublished treatise on military architecture; Giacomo's tragic death in Sicily-a case of inner personal conflicts
5. The contribution of the Jesuits to the Military Architecture of the Baroque Age; The end of an Era: the general suppression of the Jesuit order in 1773 and its aftermath; Concludings remarks
Bibliography
General index


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