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The Jesuits - A History
Markus Friedrich; Translated by John Noël Dillon
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The most comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of one of the
most important religious orders in the modern world Since its
founding by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, the Society of Jesus—more
commonly known as the Jesuits—has played a critical role in the
events of modern history. From the Counter-Reformation to the
ascent of Francis I as the first Jesuit pope, The Jesuits presents
an intimate look at one of the most important religious orders not
only in the Catholic Church, but also the world. Markus Friedrich
describes an organization that has deftly walked a tightrope
between sacred and secular involvement and experienced difficulties
during changing times, all while shaping cultural developments from
pastoral care and spirituality to art, education, and science.
Examining the Jesuits in the context of social, cultural, and world
history, Friedrich sheds light on how the order shaped the culture
of the Counter-Reformation and participated in the establishment of
European empires, including missionary activity throughout Asia and
in many parts of Africa in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
He also explores the place of Jesuits in the New World and
addresses the issue of Jesuit slaveholders. The Jesuits often
tangled with the Roman Curia and the pope, resulting in their
suppression in 1773, but the order returned in 1814 to rise again
to a powerful position of influence. Friedrich demonstrates that
the Jesuit fathers were not a monolithic group and he considers the
distinctive spiritual legacy inherited by Pope Francis. With its
global scope and meticulous attention to archival sources and
previous scholarship, The Jesuits illustrates the heterogeneous,
varied, and contradictory perspectives of this famed religious
organization.
The most comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of one of the
most important religious orders in the modern world Since its
founding by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, the Society of Jesus-more
commonly known as the Jesuits-has played a critical role in the
events of modern history. From the Counter-Reformation to the
ascent of Francis I as the first Jesuit pope, The Jesuits presents
an intimate look at one of the most important religious orders not
only in the Catholic Church, but also the world. Markus Friedrich
describes an organization that has deftly walked a tightrope
between sacred and secular involvement and experienced difficulties
during changing times, all while shaping cultural developments from
pastoral care and spirituality to art, education, and science.
Examining the Jesuits in the context of social, cultural, and world
history, Friedrich sheds light on how the order shaped the culture
of the Counter-Reformation and participated in the establishment of
European empires, including missionary activity throughout Asia and
in many parts of Africa in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
He also explores the place of Jesuits in the New World and
addresses the issue of Jesuit slaveholders. The Jesuits often
tangled with the Roman Curia and the pope, resulting in their
suppression in 1773, but the order returned in 1814 to rise again
to a powerful position of influence. Friedrich demonstrates that
the Jesuit fathers were not a monolithic group and he considers the
distinctive spiritual legacy inherited by Pope Francis. With its
global scope and meticulous attention to archival sources and
previous scholarship, The Jesuits illustrates the heterogeneous,
varied, and contradictory perspectives of this famed religious
organization.
A history of genealogical knowledge-making strategies in the early
modern world. In The Maker of Pedigrees, Markus Friedrich explores
the complex and fascinating world of central European genealogy
practices during the Baroque era. Drawing on archival material from
a dozen European institutions, Friedrich reconstructs how knowledge
about noble families was created, authenticated, circulated, and
published. Jakob Wilhelm Imhoff, a wealthy and well-connected
patrician from Nuremberg, built a European community of
genealogists by assembling a transnational network of cooperators
and informants. Friedrich uses Imhoff as a case study in how
knowledge was produced and disseminated during the 17th and 18th
centuries. Family lineages were key instruments in defining
dynasties, organizing international relations, and structuring
social life. Yet in the early modern world, knowledge about
genealogy was cumbersome to acquire, difficult to authenticate, and
complex to publish. Genealogy's status as a source of power and
identity became even more ambivalent as the 17th century wore on,
as the field continued to fragment into a plurality of increasingly
contradictory formats and approaches. Genealogy became a contested
body of knowledge, as a heterogeneous set of actors--including
aristocrats, antiquaries, and publishers--competed for authority.
Imhoff was closely connected to all of the major genealogical
cultures of his time, and he serves as a useful prism through which
the complex field of genealogy can be studied in its bewildering
richness.
This book examines how genealogical knowledge was produced in Early
Modern Europe. It studies the procedures and difficulties of
genealogical research and highlights the many challenges that had
to be overcome in the process of establishing family histories.
Archives had to be visited, stone inscriptions had to be
deciphered, and countless individuals had to be identified. The
papers demonstrate that none of these tasks were simple and that
the results of the research efforts often remained ambivalent. How
early modern genealogists went about studying these questions is
investigated here in a comparative perspective that includes cases
from Germany, Italy, France, Wales, and beyond.
Zacharias Konrad von Uffenbach (1683-1734) - Patrizier und
Burgermeister in Frankfurt - zahlte zu den herausragenden Sammlern
und gelehrten Netzwerkern seiner Zeit. Im Laufe seines Lebens
erwarb er rund 40.000 Bucher und Handschriften, von denen sich
viele heute noch lokalisieren lassen. Ungeachtet der Bekanntheit
seines Namens und des aussergewoehnlichen Umfangs seiner Sammlung,
sind weder der Bestand an sich - Kerne davon befinden sich v.a. in
Hamburg, Frankfurt, Giessen und Munchen - noch Uffenbach als
Buchersammler und Polyhistor wirklich erforscht. Die Beitrage des
Bandes beleuchten das Thema aus der Perspektive der
Geschichtsforschung, der Philosophie- und Wissensgeschichte, der
Handschriftenkunde, der Kunstgeschichte und der Germanistik.
Eingangs werden zeitgenoessische Phanomene wie die Entwicklung der
Privatbibliothek und das Selbstverstandnis des Polyhistors
analysiert, gefolgt von Beitragen speziell zu Uffenbachs Sammlungs-
und Wissenskonzeption, zu seinem Netzwerk und seinen Kontakten mit
Gelehrten und zum Buchhandel.
Der Sammelband vereint wichtige Aufsatze von Luise Schorn-Schutte
aus Anlass ihres 65. Geburtstages. Mit ihrem Oeuvre hat die
Jubilarin sowohl der Fruhneuzeitforschung wie auch der
Historiographiegeschichte zentrale Impulse vermittelt. Viele ihrer
Texte verdienen es, auch kunftig im Zentrum der Diskussion prasent
zu sein. Aus dem reichen Schaffen ausgewahlt wurden Studien zur
Geschichte der historischen Wissenschaften des 19. Jahrhunderts,
Abhandlungen zur politischen und religioesen Kultur der Fruhen
Neuzeit sowie Beitrage zu aktuellen wissenschaftspolitischen
Debatten.
Unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Komplexit t informationstechnischer
Produkte sowie ihrer Entwicklungsprozesse gewinnen besonders die fr
hen Phasen der Produktentwicklung zunehmend an Bedeutung. In der
Phase der Ideengenerierung, Anforderungs- und L sungsdefinition
sind Entscheidungen von hoher Tragweite zu treffen, die alle
anschlie enden Entwicklungsphasen entscheidend beeinflussen. Wie
die Analyse zeigt, fehlt es den an einem Entwicklungsvorhaben
Beteiligten h ufig an einem gemeinsamen, konsistenten Problemverst
ndnis. Zu diesem Zweck wurde in dieser Arbeit ein
funktionsorientiertes Modellierungskonzept zur Unterst tzung der
Produktentwicklung erarbeitet, das auf einer Metaebene f r alle
Disziplinen und einem Bindeglied, das f r alle Disziplinen verst
ndlich und intuitiv nachvollziehbar ist, basiert. Somit entsteht
eine M glichkeit die Komplexit t, nderungen und deren potenzielle
Auswirkungen auf Komponenten und Funktionen darzustellen.
Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich BWL - Investition und
Finanzierung, Note: 2,0, Universitat zu Koln (Wirtschafts- und
Sozialwissenschaften), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Inhaltsangabe:
Zusammenfassung: Vielfach wird den Emittenten mangelnde Transparenz
vorgeworfen. Durch immer komplexere Produkte wird die Uberprufung
der Angemessenheit der Preise und die Bewertung strukturierter
Produkte erschwert. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, die
verschiedenen Arten von strukturierten Produkten vorzustellen sowie
Strukturierungs- und Bewertungsmoglichkeiten zu erklaren. Im
Ergebnis soll festgestellt werden, ob die beobachteten
Emissionspreise der Emittenten mit den theoretisch ermittelten
fairen Werten ubereinstimmen oder ob Fehlbewertungen zuungunsten
der Investoren vorliegen. Die den Produkten inharenten Risiken
sollen aufgezeigt werden. Zunachst wurde dazu der in dieser Arbeit
verwendete Begriff Strukturierte Produkte themenadaquat abgegrenzt
und definiert. In einem zweiten Schritt (Kapitel 2) werden die
Basisinstrumente vorgestellt, aus deren Kombination strukturierte
Produkte konstruiert werden. Es wird aufgezeigt, wie deren faire
Werte analytisch ermittelt werden konnen. Ohne das Verstandnis der
grundlegenden Anlageformen lassen sich Funktionsweise und Bewertung
von strukturierten Produkten nur schwer nachvollziehen. Der zweite
Teil (Kapitel 3, 4 und 5) bildet den Schwerpunkt dieser Arbeit.
Zunachst werden die wesentlichen Charakteristika der verschiedenen
strukturierten Produkte in Anlehnung an die in Kapitel 1.3
prasentierte Typologie vorgestellt. Anschliessend erfolgt die
Bewertung von strukturierten Produkten anhand ausgewahlter
Beispiele durch Ermittlung eines Gleichgewichtspreises. Daran
anschliessend wird in Sensitivitatsanalysen der Einfluss
verschiedener Einflussfaktoren auf den theoretisch fairen Preis
analysiert. Nachdem in den ersten Kapiteln das Verstandnis fur die
strukturierten Produkte vermittelt wurde, erfolgt in einem dritten
Schritt die
The Birth of the Archive traces the history of archives from their
emergence in the Late Middle Ages through the Early Modern Period,
and vividly shows how archives permeated and fundamentally changed
European culture. Archives were compiled and maintained by peasants
and kings, merchants and churchmen, and conceptions of archives
were as diverse as those who used them. The complex, demanding job
of the archivist was just as variable: archivists might serve as
custodians, record-keepers, librarians, legal experts, historians,
scholars, researchers, public officials, or some combination
thereof; navigating archives was often far from straightforward.
The shift of archival storage from haphazard collections of papers
to the methodically organized institutionalized holdings of the
nineteenth century was a gradual, nonlinear process. Friedrich
provides an essential background to the history of archives over
the centuries and enriches the story of their evolution with
chapters on key sociocultural aspects of European archival culture.
He discusses their meaning and symbolism in European thought, early
modern conceptions of the archive's function, and questions of
access and usability. Exploring the close, often vexed relationship
between archives and political power, Friedrich illustrates the
vulnerability of archives to political upheaval and war. He
concludes with an introspective look at how historians used their
knowledge of and work with archives to create distinct
representations of themselves and their craft. The Birth of the
Archive engages with scholarship in political history, the history
of mentalities, conceptions of space, historiography, and the
history of everyday life in early modern Europe. It has much to
offer for specialists and scholars, while the jargon-free prose of
this translation is also accessible to the general reader.
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