{"product_id":"early-jesuits-and-the-rhetorical-tradition","title":"Early Jesuits and the Rhetorical Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Jesuit contributions to the rhetorical tradition established by Isocrates, Aristotle, Cicero and Quintilian. It analyses the writings of those Jesuits who taught rhetoric at the College of Rome, including Pedro Juan Perpiña, (1530–66), Carlo Reggio (1539–1612), Francesco Benci (1542–94), Famiano Strada (1572–1649) and Tarquinio Galluzzi (1574–1649). Additionally, it discusses the rhetorical views of Jesuits who were not based in Rome, most notably Cypriano Soarez (1524–93), the author of the popular manual \u003cem\u003eDe arte rhetorica\u003c\/em\u003e. Jesuit education, Ciceronianism and civic life feature as the key themes of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEarly Jesuits and the Rhetorical Tradition, 1540–1650\u003c\/em\u003e argues that, in line with Cicero, early modern Jesuit teachers and humanists associated rhetoric with a civic function. Jesuit writings, not only on rhetoric, but also on moral, religious and political themes, testify to their thorough familiarity with Cicero’s civic philosophy. Following Cicero, Isocrates and Renaissance humanists, early modern Jesuit teachers of the \u003cem\u003estudia humanitatis\u003c\/em\u003e coupled eloquence with wisdom and, in so doing, invested the rhetorician with such qualities and duties which many \u003cem\u003equattrocento\u003c\/em\u003e humanists ascribed to an active citizen or statesman. These qualities centred on the duty to promote the common good by actively participating in civic life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will appeal to scholars and students alike interested in the history of the Jesuits, history of ideas and early modern history in general.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232968167768,"sku":"9780367636548","price":179.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367636548.jpg?v=1770469250","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/early-jesuits-and-the-rhetorical-tradition","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}