{"product_id":"jesuit-polymath-of-madrid-the-literary-enterprise-of-juan-eusebio-nieremberg-1595-1658-9789004293519","title":"Jesuit Polymath of Madrid: The Literary Enterprise of Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1595–1658)","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Jesuit Polymath of Madrid D. Scott Hendrickson offers the first English-language account of the life and work of Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1595-1658), a leading intellectual in Spain during the turbulent decades of the mid-seventeenth century. Most remembered as a prominent ascetic in the neo-Platonic tradition, Nieremberg emerges here as a writer deeply indebted to the legacy of Ignatius Loyola and his Spiritual Exercises.   Hendrickson convincingly shows how Nieremberg drew from his formation in the Jesuit order at the time of its first centenary to engage the cultural and intellectual currents of the Spanish Golden Age. As an author of some seventy-five works, which represent several genres and were translated throughout Europe and abroad, Nieremberg’s literary enterprise demands attention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Thoroughly and carefully researched, elegantly written, and clearly organized, this study serves as an excellent introduction to Nieremberg and his age. […] This book is a landmark achievement.” - Carlos Eire, Yale University, in: Journal of Jesuit Studies 3\/4 (2016), pp. 694-696 [DOI: 10.1163\/22141332-00304009-03]  “Essential reading for those interested in Jesuit studies and the intellectual history of early modern Spain.” - Xavier Tubau, Hamilton College, in: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 70, No. 2 (Summer 2017), pp. 767-769  “This volume is an excellent introduction to Spanish literary and spiritual motifs of the seventeenth century. Hendrickson ably succeeds in his case for Nieremberg’s continued place in the pantheon of Jesuit writers.” - Barton T. Geger, SJ, Regis University, Denver, in: Theological Studies 77\/3 (2016), pp. 742-743  “Como suele ser habitual en la editorial Brill, la factura del libro es magnífica en cuanto a  su  impresión,  encuadernación  e  ilustración,  destacando  en  esto  último  las  acertadas incursiones que realiza en la pintura del sevillano Valdés Leal, el último gran pintor alegórico del Barroco español. Valoriza más la edición la inclusión de útiles apéndices (una bibliografía nierembergiana completa y una selección de decretos trentinos aludidos), de una completa y bien clasificada bibliografía y de un imprescindible índice onomástico y temático en donde se trasluce la enorme cantidad de recursos empleados en esta exitosa investigación.” - Francisco José Aranda Pérez, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, in: Vínculos de Historia 5 (2016), pp. 381-383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Juan Eusebio Nieremberg \tIntroduction \tThe Jesuit \tFaithful Son of Saint Ignatius \tChristian Discernment \tThe Ignatian Exercises: Seeking and Finding the Divine Will \tDiscernment in Early Modern Spain \tNieremberg and the Exercises \tJesuit Ministry of the Word \tErudite Eclecticism \tConclusion Chapter 2. Catechetical Innovations \tIntroduction \tCatechetical Context: Crying Tears of Blood \tNieremberg and Trent \tThe Voice of Doctrine \tThe Catechetical Examples: Entertaining Digressions \tNarrative Appeal: The Open Roads of Spain \tContemplating the Example: To Bring to Memory \tAssimilating the Example: The Story of One’s Life \tThe Wider Application of the Exemplo \tConclusion Chapter 3. Contemplating the Book of Nature \tIntroduction \tNieremberg’s Natural Philosophy \tThe Miscellanies: Part Knowledge, Part Wonder \tKnowledge of the Natural World: Ad perfectam cognitionem \tReading the Book of Nature: Harmony and Deformity \tContemplating the Book of Nature: The Consideration \tApplying the Lessons of Nature: Deus me fecit \tConclusion Chapter 4. The Spiritual Exercise of Reading \tIntroduction \tThe Eusebio \tProper Knowledge \tContemptus mundi \tDidactic Iconography: Ser and Parecer \tA Spiritual Itinerary \tMeditative Reading \tConclusion Chapter 5. Public Maladies and Prudent Reform \tIntroduction \tWords of Counsel \tThe Pain of National Decline \tThe Cause \tThe Remedy \tPrudent Reform \tConclusion Conclusion Appendix 1. Bibliography of Works by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg Appendix 2. Cited Decrees from the Council of Trent Bibliography Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210670629207,"sku":"9789004293519","price":132.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jesuit-polymath-of-madrid-the-literary-enterprise-of-juan-eusebio-nieremberg-1595-1658-9789004293519","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}