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Francesco Benci's Quinque Martyres - Introduction, Translation and Commentary (Hardcover, Approx. XIV, 722 Pp. ed.)
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Francesco Benci's Quinque Martyres - Introduction, Translation and Commentary (Hardcover, Approx. XIV, 722 Pp. ed.)
Series: Jesuit Studies, 12
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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'.
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