The theologian and the empire : a biography of José de Acosta (1540-1600) / by Andrés I. Prieto.
"Although Jesuit contributions to the European expansion in the early modern period have attracted considerable scholarly interest, the legacy of José de Acosta (1540-1600) is still defined by his contributions to natural history. The Theologian and the Empire presents a new biography of Acost...
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| Other title: | Biography of José de Acosta (1540-1600) CU AUTHOR COLLECTION CU AUTHOR COLLECTION. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2024]
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| Series: | Jesuit studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ;
v. 42. |
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| Summary: | "Although Jesuit contributions to the European expansion in the early modern period have attracted considerable scholarly interest, the legacy of José de Acosta (1540-1600) is still defined by his contributions to natural history. The Theologian and the Empire presents a new biography of Acosta, focused on his participation in colonial and imperial politics. The most important Jesuit active in the Americas in the sixteenth century, Acosta was fundamentally a political operator. His actions on both sides of the Atlantic were instrumental in the configuration that Peruvian colonial life and the Jesuit order acquired entering the seventeenth century"-- |
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| Item Description: | "This book is an intellectual biography of José de Acosta (1540-1600), the most important Jesuit active in the Americas in the sixteenth century. His political, religious, and intellectual significance is comparable only to that of the Dominican friar Bartolomé de Las Casas (1484-1566)."--Introduction, page 1. |
| Physical Description: | vi, 412 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-391) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004462045 900446204X |
| ISSN: | 2214-3289 ; |