The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews: Jesuits of Jewish Ancestry and Purity-of-blood Laws in the Early Society of Jesus

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In The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews the author explains how Christians with Jewish ancestry went within less than forty years from having a leading role in the foundation and development of the Society of Jesus to being prohibited from membership in it. Contents......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 11 List of Abbreviations......Page 13 List of Illustrations......Page 15 Introduction......Page 17 Chapter One Th e Historical Context of Purity-of-Blood......Page 37 Sentencia-Estatuto of Pero de Sarmiento (1449)......Page 38 Alonso de Cartagena and Alonso de Oropesa......Page 40 Purity-of-blood statutes of Archbishop Silíceo (1547)......Page 65 Defensio Toletani Statuti of Diego de Simancas (1573)......Page 67 Chapter Two Early Jesuit Pro-converso Policy (1540–72)......Page 77 Ignatius of Loyola as a “deep spiritual Semite”......Page 78 Jerónimo Nadal’s opposition to the purity-of-blood legislation......Page 112 Th e converso triumvirate: the election of Diego Laínez......Page 126 Francisco de Borja’s infi nite love of conversos......Page 136 Chapter Three Discrimination Against Jesuits of Jewish......Page 153 Italo-Portuguese anti-converso lobby at General Congregation 3......Page 156 Everard Mercurian’s “house cleansing”......Page 159 Memorialistas’ revolt against Rome......Page 161 Benedetto Palmio’s converso-phobic memorial......Page 165 Acquaviva’s discriminatory measures......Page 179 Chapter Four Jesuit Opposition to the Purity-of-blood......Page 195 Antonio Possevino......Page 198 Diego de Guzmán......Page 218 Pedro de Ribadeneyra......Page 223 García Girón de Alarcón......Page 226 Juan de Mariana......Page 248 Conclusion......Page 251 APPENDIX I......Page 255 Appendix II......Page 293 Bibliography......Page 297 Index......Page 307