Jesuits and Fortifications
The Contribution of the Jesuits to Military Architecture in the Baroque Age
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Biographical note
Professor Denis De Lucca B.A. (Arch.); B.Arch. (Honours); PhD (University of Liverpool) directs the International Institute for Baroque Studies and the department of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Malta. He has published extensively on architectural history focusing on the Baroque age.
Readership
All those interested in architectural history, military history, the history of the Jesuits as well as all those who wish to explore unusual aspects of the early modern history of mankind.
Table of contents
List of Illustrations . . . ix
List of Abbreviations . . . xv
Preface . . . xvii
1. The Jesuit Interest in the Art of War The ‘Military Mind’ of Ignatius of Loyola . . . 1
Decisive Battles for the Salvation of the Catholic Church: The Rhetoric of the Jesuit Preacher, the Skills of the Jesuit Confessor and the Foundation of the Best Teaching and Learning Institutions of the Baroque Age . . . 14
Entering Dangerous Territory: The Jesuit Mathematicus and the Geometry of War in Early Modern Europe . . . 28
“I am now a priest and a colonel”—The Views of the Learned Antonio Possevino and Other Jesuit Scholars Regarding the Involvement of Clerics in War-Related Activities to Conquer the Enemies of the Catholic Church . . . 48
2. From the Classroom to the Battlefijield—Jesuit Teachings on Fortifijication Building in Early Modern Europe Accommodating the Demands of the Catholic Nobility of the Baroque Age . . . 69
The Role of the Jesuit Mathematicus in Italy, France and Portugal . . . 78
Classes on Fortifijication Building at the Colegio Imperial in Madrid and the Dissemination of Jesuit Military Knowledge in the European Dominions of His Catholic Majesty . . 132
Some Exotic Jesuit Scenarios beyond Europe: American Reducciones, Philippine Fortresses and Chinese Cannon . . . 164
3. Jesuit Writings on Military Architecture The Authors and Titles of Jesuit Treatises on Military Architecture in the Baroque Age . . . 185
General Vincenzo Carafa’s Prohibition of Jesuit Research on Fortifijication Building . . . 197
The Creation of a Unique Synergy Document: The Escuela de Palas Treatise of 1693 . . . 211
4. The Case of Giacomo Maso The Life History of Padre Giacomo Maso . . . 235
The Great Turkish Peril and the Establishment of a Jesuit Academy of Fortifijication Mathematics in Hospitaller Malta 256
Trattato dell’Architettura Militare Defensiva, et Offfensiva— An Unpublished Treatise on Military Architecture . . . 275
Giacomo’s Tragic Death in Sicily—A Case of Inner Personal Conflicts? . . . 304
5. The Contribution of the Jesuits to the Military Architecture of the Baroque Age. The End of an Era—The General Suppression of the Jesuit Order in 1773 and its Aftermath . . . 315
Concluding Remarks . . . 320
Bibliography . . . 335
General Index . . . 359
List of Abbreviations . . . xv
Preface . . . xvii
1. The Jesuit Interest in the Art of War The ‘Military Mind’ of Ignatius of Loyola . . . 1
Decisive Battles for the Salvation of the Catholic Church: The Rhetoric of the Jesuit Preacher, the Skills of the Jesuit Confessor and the Foundation of the Best Teaching and Learning Institutions of the Baroque Age . . . 14
Entering Dangerous Territory: The Jesuit Mathematicus and the Geometry of War in Early Modern Europe . . . 28
“I am now a priest and a colonel”—The Views of the Learned Antonio Possevino and Other Jesuit Scholars Regarding the Involvement of Clerics in War-Related Activities to Conquer the Enemies of the Catholic Church . . . 48
2. From the Classroom to the Battlefijield—Jesuit Teachings on Fortifijication Building in Early Modern Europe Accommodating the Demands of the Catholic Nobility of the Baroque Age . . . 69
The Role of the Jesuit Mathematicus in Italy, France and Portugal . . . 78
Classes on Fortifijication Building at the Colegio Imperial in Madrid and the Dissemination of Jesuit Military Knowledge in the European Dominions of His Catholic Majesty . . 132
Some Exotic Jesuit Scenarios beyond Europe: American Reducciones, Philippine Fortresses and Chinese Cannon . . . 164
3. Jesuit Writings on Military Architecture The Authors and Titles of Jesuit Treatises on Military Architecture in the Baroque Age . . . 185
General Vincenzo Carafa’s Prohibition of Jesuit Research on Fortifijication Building . . . 197
The Creation of a Unique Synergy Document: The Escuela de Palas Treatise of 1693 . . . 211
4. The Case of Giacomo Maso The Life History of Padre Giacomo Maso . . . 235
The Great Turkish Peril and the Establishment of a Jesuit Academy of Fortifijication Mathematics in Hospitaller Malta 256
Trattato dell’Architettura Militare Defensiva, et Offfensiva— An Unpublished Treatise on Military Architecture . . . 275
Giacomo’s Tragic Death in Sicily—A Case of Inner Personal Conflicts? . . . 304
5. The Contribution of the Jesuits to the Military Architecture of the Baroque Age. The End of an Era—The General Suppression of the Jesuit Order in 1773 and its Aftermath . . . 315
Concluding Remarks . . . 320
Bibliography . . . 335
General Index . . . 359
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