Copyright
Cover illustration: Karel van Mallery after Juan de Mesa, Plate 11 of Vita beati patris Ignatii Loyolae (Antwerp, 1610). ©The Trustees of the British Museum.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Dalton, Jessica M., author.
Title: Between popes, inquisitors and princes : how the first Jesuits negotiated religious crisis in early modern italy / by Jessica M. Dalton.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. | Series: St Andrews studies in Reformation history, 2468-4317 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: "In Venice in the last months of 1556, Jesuit priest Cesare Helmi faced a quandary about a grave matter: should he absolve a potentially dangerous heretic in the secret sacrament of confession? That week, a man had confessed to Helmi that he had 'erred in many matters' fundamental to the Catholic faith.1 He had been part of a sect of 'Anabaptists' and people who espoused 'other various heresies'. He had believed serious errors about 'sacramental matters', 'indulgences' and 'the authority of the pope'. He had even recruited others to join him in the sect. These were serious sins. This man was a heretic"– Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020011425 | ISBN 9789004413825 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004413832 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Jesuits–Italy–History.
Classification: LCC BX3737 .D35 2020 | DDC 271/.53045–dc23
LC record available at
Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download:
ISSN 2468-4317
ISBN 978-90-04-41382-5 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-41383-2 (e-book)
Copyright 2020 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi, Brill Sense, Hotei Publishing, mentis Verlag, Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh and Wilhelm Fink Verlag.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher.
Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change.
This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner.