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Hermenegildo and the Jesuits - Staging Sainthood in the Early Modern Period (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Hermenegildo and the Jesuits - Staging Sainthood in the Early Modern Period (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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This book explores the cultural conditions that led to the
emergence and proliferation of Saint Hermenegildo as a stage
character in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It considers
how this saint became a theatrical trope enabling the Society of
Jesus to address religious and secular concerns of the
post-Tridentine Church, and to discuss political issues such as the
supremacy of the pope over the monarch and the legitimacy of
regicide. The book goes on to explain how the Hermenegildo
narrative developed outside of Jesuit colleges, through works by
professional dramatist Lope de Vega and Mexican nun Juana Ines de
la Cruz. Stefano Muneroni takes a global approach to the staging of
Hermenegildo, tracing the character's journey from Europe to the
Americas, from male to female authors, and from a sacrificial to a
sacramental paradigm where the emphasis shifts from bloodletting to
spiritual salvation. Given its interdisciplinary approach, this
book is geared toward scholars and students of theatre history,
religion and drama, early modern theology, cultural studies,
romance languages and literature, and the history of the Society of
Jesus..
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