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Francesco Benci's Quinque Martyres: Introduction, Translation and Commentary

Francesco Benci's Quinque Martyres: Introduction, Translation and Commentary

Gwynne, Paul G.

Hardcover

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryReligion General General Christianity

ISBN10: 9004356606
ISBN13: 9789004356603
Publisher: Brill
Published: Mar 22 2018
Pages: 742
Weight: 3.00
Height: 1.70 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
In 1583, five Jesuit brothers set out with the intention of founding a new church and mission in India. Their dream was almost immediately, and brutally, terminated by local opposition. When their massacre was announced in Rome, it was treated as martyrdom. Francesco Benci, professor of rhetoric at the Collegium Romanum, immediately set about celebrating their deaths in a new type of epic, distinct from, yet dependent upon, the classical tradition: Quinque martyres e Societate Iesu in India.
This is the first critical edition and translation of this important text. The commentary highlights both the classical sources and the historical and religious context of the mission. The introduction outlines Benci's career and stresses his role as the founder of this vibrant new genre.

This volume is the first one for a new subseries in the 'Jesuit Studies' series: 'Jesuit Neo-Latin Library'.

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