An Overview of the Pre-suppression Society of Jesus in Spain 

• Main Author: Manning, Patricia W. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Brill 2020
• Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies
• Subjects: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

In An Overview of the Pre-suppression Society of Jesus in Spain, Patricia W. Manning offers a survey of the Society of Jesus in Spain from its origins in Ignatius of Loyola's early preaching to the aftereffects of its expulsion. Rather than nurture the nascent order, Loyola's homeland was often ambivalent. His pre-Jesuit freelance sermonizing prompted investigations. The young Society confronted indifference and interference from the Spanish monarchy and outright opposition from other religious orders. This essay outlines the order's ministerial and pedagogical activities, its relationship with women and with royal institutions, including the Spanish Inquisition, and Spanish members' roles in theological debates concerning casuistry, free will, and the immaculate conception. It also considers the impact of Jesuits' non-religious writings. Readership: Readers interested in the Society of Jesus, textual production by Jesuits, the Society's ties to women, early modern theological polemics, and early modern Spain, including undergraduate and graduate students.