Between Popes, Inquisitors and Princes : How the First Jesuits Negotiated Religious Crisis in Early Modern Italy.

Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Conventions -- Introduction -- 1 Historiography: the Story So Far -- 2 Sources -- 3 Overview -- Chapter 1 The Confident Society: Mission Building 1540-1555 -- 1 Finding Supporters in Tridentine Italy -- 2 The Council of Bologna, 1547 -- 3 Beyond Papal Obedience -- 4 Privileges and Pragmatism in the Mission Field -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Collaboration, Competition and Conflict: the Jesuits and the Roman Inquisition -- 1 Competitors and Collaborators with the Holy Office -- 2 Popes, Empires and the Politics of Conversion -- 3 Good Cop/Bad Cop: Conversion Strategies in the 1560s -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Between the Prince and the Pope: Pius v and the Rise of the Roman Inquisition -- 1 Pius v and the Rise of the Roman Inquisition -- 2 A Jesuit Spy in the Papal States -- 3 'A Firm Garrison to Resist Heresy' in Savoy-Piedmont -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Bargaining for Autonomy: Challenges and Change at the Close of the Sixteenth Century -- 1 Internal Conflicts and External Controversies -- 2 Troubles Abroad: Controversies in France and Spain -- 3 Defending the Privilege in the Late 1580s -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 All Roads Lead to Rome: Jesuit Agents and Rebels at the Close of the Sixteenth Century (1587-1605) -- 1 The Politics of Conversion at the Turn of the Seventeenth Century -- 2 Jesuit Disobedience -- 3 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Archival Sources -- Printed Primary Sources -- Edited Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index.

In Between Popes, Inquisitors and Princes Jessica Dalton re-examines the contribution of the first Jesuits in efforts to stem heresy in early modern Italy, exploring its impact on their relationship with the papacy, Roman Inquisition and secular princes.

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