Jesuit Notions of Nobility: Chivalric Culture in the Early Modern World

• Elizabeth Terry-Roisin ^[1]
  1. [1] Florida International University

     Florida International University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: eHumanista: Journal of Iberian Studies, ISSN-e 1540-5877, Vol. 60, 2024, págs. 290-309
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The poems and biographies written to celebrate the lives of Jesuit saints Francisco de Borja and Ignacio de Loyola reveal the same unique definition of “nobility” as a letter of recommendation Jesuit jurist Francisco Suárez wrote for a Morisco knight, where both civil and theological nobility were considered legitimate forms of nobility, though spiritual the greater. The Jesuits were central to early modern chivalric culture, continuing the legacy of medieval religious and military orders