Francesco Benci's Quinque Martyres: Introduction, Translation and Commentary by Gwynne, Paul G.

Francesco Benci's Quinque Martyres: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004356603)

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Francesco Benci's Quinque Martyres: Introduction, Translation and Commentary by Gwynne, Paul G.

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

$195.00
Francesco Benci's Quinque Martyres: Introduction, Translation and Commentary by Gwynne, Paul G.

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

$195.00
Format: Hardcover
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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'.

Author: Paul G. Gwynne
ISBN-10: 9004356606
ISBN-13: 9789004356603
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 03/22/2018
Pages: 742
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.00lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.70d
By Paul G. Gwynne
By Paul G. Gwynne
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Paul Gwynne, PhD (1990), The Warburg Institute, University of London, is professor of Medieval and Renaissance Studies at The American University of Rome. He has published many articles and two monographs on Neo-Latin poetry: Poets and Princes: the Panegyric Poetry of Johannes Michael Nagonius, (Brepols, 2012); Patterns of Patronage in Renaissance Rome: Francesco Sperulo: Poet, Prelate, Soldier, Spy, 2 vols (Peter Lang, 2015).

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