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  • No Saints

    Deceit and Ambition in Catholic Reformation Lisbon

    by Liam Matthew Brockey ...
    Series series Iberian Encounter and Exchange, 475–1755
    No Saints tells a story of the Catholic Reformation from an unexpected vantage point. Instead of saints, it follows frauds, abusers, and opportunists whose lives—preserved in trial records and Inquisition casefiles—offer a different view of religious reform in the late sixteenth century.Set in Lisbon, one of the largest and most dynamic cities of early modern Europe, the book reconstructs the ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • No Saints

    Deceit and Ambition in Catholic Reformation Lisbon

    by Liam Matthew Brockey ...
    Series series Iberian Encounter and Exchange, 475–1755
    No Saints tells a story of the Catholic Reformation from an unexpected vantage point. Instead of saints, it follows frauds, abusers, and opportunists whose lives—preserved in trial records and Inquisition casefiles—offer a different view of religious reform in the late sixteenth century.Set in Lisbon, one of the largest and most dynamic cities of early modern Europe, the book reconstructs the ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • António Vieira

    Six Sermons

    by Liam Brockey, Mónica Leal da Silva ...
    This volume is the first English translation and annotation of the sermons of António Vieira, a major cultural figure in the Portuguese-speaking world. Born in Lisbon in 1608, Vieira was a Jesuit who lived and worked in both Europe and Brazil in the service of the church and the Portuguese crown. His sermons are among the most renowned pieces of baroque oratory in the Portuguese language. These ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Journey to the East

    The Jesuit Mission to China, 1579–1724

    by Liam Matthew Brockey ...
    It was one of the great encounters of world history: highly educated European priests confronting Chinese culture for the first time in the modern era. This “journey to the East” is explored by Liam Brockey as he retraces the path of the Jesuit missionaries who sailed from Portugal to China, believing that, with little more than firm conviction and divine assistance, they could convert the Chinese ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Visitor

    André Palmeiro and the Jesuits in Asia

    by Liam Matthew Brockey ...
    In an age when few people ventured beyond their place of birth, André Palmeiro left Portugal on a journey to the far side of the world. Bearing the title “Father Visitor,” he was entrusted with the daunting task of inspecting Jesuit missions spanning from Mozambique to Japan. A global history in the guise of a biography, The Visitor tells the story of a theologian whose extraordinary travels bore ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Portuguese Colonial Cities in the Early Modern World

    Edited by Liam Matthew Brockey ...
    Series series Empire and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-2000
    Portuguese Colonial Cities in the Early Modern World is a collection of essays on the cities of the Portuguese empire written by the leading scholars in the field. The volume, like the empire it analyzes, has a global scope and a chronological span of three centuries. The contributions focus on the social, political, and economic aspects of city life in settlements as far apart as Rio de Janeiro, ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

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  • Inquisition

    The Reign of Fear

    by Toby Green ...
    A journey across centuries of religious conflictToby Green's incredible new book brings a vast panorama to life by focusing on the untold stories of individuals from all walks of life and every section of society who were affected by the Inquisition. From witches in Mexico, bigamists in Brazil, Freemasons, Hindus, Jews, Moslems and Protestants, the Inquisition reached every aspect of society. This ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Spain's Centuries of Crisis

    1300 - 1474

    by Teofilo F. Ruiz ...
    Series Book 13 - A History of Spain
    A comprehensive history that focuses on the crises of Spain in the late middle ages and the early transformations that underpinned the later successes of the Catholic Monarchs.Illuminates Spain's history from the early fourteenth century to the union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon in 1474Examines the challenges and reforms of the social, economic, political, and cultural structures of the ... Read more

    $38.00 USD

  • Building Colonial Cities of God

    Mendicant Orders and Urban Culture in New Spain

    by Karen Melvin ...
    This book tracks New Spain's mendicant orders past their so-called golden age of missions into the ensuing centuries and demonstrates that they had equally crucial roles in what Melvin terms the "spiritual consolidation" of cities. Beginning in the late sixteenth century, cities became home to the majority of friars and to the orders' wealthiest houses, and mendicants became deeply embedded in ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • The Jesuit Missions to China and Peru, 1570-1610

    Expectations and Appraisals of Expansionism

    by Ana Carolina Hosne ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
    The rulers of the overseas empires summoned the Society of Jesus to evangelize their new subjects in the ‘New World’ which Spain and Portugal shared; this book is about how two different missions, in China and Peru, evolved in the early modern world. From a European perspective, this book is about the way Christianity expanded in the early modern period, craving universalism.In China, Matteo Ricci ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • A King Travels

    Festive Traditions in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain

    by Teofilo F. Ruiz ...
    A King Travels examines the scripting and performance of festivals in Spain between 1327 and 1620, offering an unprecedented look at the different types of festivals that were held in Iberia during this crucial period of European history. Bridging the gap between the medieval and early modern eras, Teofilo Ruiz focuses on the travels and festivities of Philip II, exploring the complex relationship ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Isabel the Queen

    Life and Times

    by Peggy K. Liss ...
    Series series The Middle Ages Series
    Queen Isabel of Castile is perhaps best known for her patronage of Christopher Columbus and for the religious zeal that led to the Spanish Inquisition, the waging of holy war, and the expulsion of Jews and Muslims across the Iberian peninsula. In this sweeping biography, newly revised and annotated to coincide with the five-hundredth anniversary of Isabel's death, Peggy K. Liss draws upon a rich ... Read more

    $35.99 USD