268 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
268 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
This book explores sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Jesuit contributions to the rhetorical tradition established by Isocrates, Aristotle, Cicero and Quintilian. It analyses the writings of those Jesuits who taught rhetoric at the College of Rome, including Pedro Juan Perpiña, (1530–66), Carlo Reggio (1539–1612), Francesco Benci (1542–94), Famiano Strada (1572–1649) and Tarquinio Galluzzi... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Jesuits, Rome and the pagan tradition
3. Language teaching in Jesuit schools
4. Rhetoric in Jesuit education
5. Jesuit Ciceronianism
6. The Art of Letter Writing
7. Jesuit Rhetoric and civic life
8. Jesuit education and rhetoric in global context
9. Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Biography
Jaska Kainulainen is a Docent at the University of Helsinki, specialising in history of ideas and the history of travel in early modern history. His recent publications include Paolo Sarpi: A Servant of God and State (2014).
