TY  - BOOK
AU  - Benci,Francesco
AU  - Gwynne,Paul
AU  - Benci,Francesco
AU  - Benci,Francesco
TI  - Francesco Benci's 'Quinque martyres'
T2  - Jesuit studies: modernity through the prism of Jesuit history
SN  - 9789004356610
AV  - PA8475.B53 Q513 2018
U1  - 873/.04 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Benci, Francesco,
KW  - Jesuits
KW  - India
KW  - Poetry
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Preliminary Material; Paul Gwynne --; Introduction; Paul Gwynne --; Francesco Benci, Professor of Rhetoric; Paul Gwynne --; The Portuguese and Jesuits in Goa and Salcete; Paul Gwynne --; The Five Companions: Talis ab Vrlini coetus se fuderat urbe (qm. 5.606); Paul Gwynne --; Synopsis of the Quinque martyres; Paul Gwynne --; The Quinque martyres and the Epic Tradition; Paul Gwynne --; Benci and Virgil; Paul Gwynne --; Amplificatio; Paul Gwynne --; Benci and Contemporary Neo-Latin Epic: Vida's Christiad and Barga's Syrias; Paul Gwynne --; Ekphrasis in the Quinque martyres; Paul Gwynne --; The Later Reception of the Quinque martyres; Paul Gwynne --; Book 1. Text and Translation; Paul Gwynne --; Book 2. Text and Translation; Paul Gwynne --; Book 3. Text and Translation; Paul Gwynne --; Book 4. Text and Translation; Paul Gwynne --; Book 5. Text and Translation; Paul Gwynne --; Book 6. Text and Translation; Paul Gwynne --; Commentary; Paul Gwynne --; Appendix 1. Prefatory Letter and Liminary Verses; Paul Gwynne --; Appendix 2. A Poetic Altercation and Reconciliation; Paul Gwynne --; Appendix 3. Report of the Massacre by Niccolò Orlandini (Latin); Paul Gwynne --; Appendix 4. Report of the Massacre by Alessandro Valignano (Italian); Paul Gwynne --; Appendix 5. Verses below the Five Engravings of English Martyrdom Prefaced to Ecclesiae militantis triumphi; Paul Gwynne --; Appendix 6. Commendatory Verses by Aurelio Orsi; Paul Gwynne --; Bibliography; Paul Gwynne --; Index; Paul Gwynne; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - In 1583, five Jesuit brothers set out with the intention of founding a new church and mission in India. Their dream was almost immediately, and brutally, terminated by local opposition. When their massacre was announced in Rome, it was treated as martyrdom. Francesco Benci, professor of rhetoric at the Collegium Romanum, immediately set about celebrating their deaths in a new type of epic, distinct from, yet dependent upon, the classical tradition: Quinque martyres e Societate Iesu in India . This is the first critical edition and translation of this important text. The commentary highlights both the classical sources and the historical and religious context of the mission. The introduction outlines Benci's career and stresses his role as the founder of this vibrant new genre. This volume is the first one for a new subseries in the 'Jesuit Studies' series: 'Jesuit Neo-Latin Library'
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004356610
ER  -