The 16th century saw the rise of movements of religious reform which, in Spain as elsewhere, contributed to make the history of the period such a ferment. In these essays Terence O’Reilly is concerned with the writings produced by these movements, notably Illuminism, the early Jesuits, Erasmianism, and the Carmelite reform, and with the mixture of medieval and new literary conventions that they display. The book first deals with Ignatius Loyola and his Spiritual Exercises, examining its origins in his experience of conversion and the books he read, and locating him not in the period of the militant Counter-Reform, but in an earlier world, linked to the teachings of 16th Spanish Erasmians and illuminists. One study, hitherto unpublished, presents the lost treatise in which the Dominican Melchor Cano argued that Ignatius was an alumbrado. The following sections move to the later the century, considering the connections between spirituality and literature in works such as the ode to Salinas and, above all, in the mystical poetry of John of the Cross and its basis in exegesis and liturgical and devotional texts.

From Ignatius Loyola to John of the Cross: Spirituality and Literature in Sixteenth-Century Spain (Variorum Collected Studies)

History

O'Reilly, Terence

Europe

Routledge

This volume collects eight essays and talks by the late author of the definitive biography of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Madame de Chantal: Portrait of a Saint (1962). Among the topics addressed are the co-founding of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary by Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal; the changing image of Jane over the period of four centuries; Dr. Stopp s reflections on her Madame de Chantal twenty-five years after its initial publication; and hiddenness as the hallmark of the saint s personality and holiness.

Hidden in God: Essays and Talks on St. Jane Frances de Chantal

Biographies & Memoirs

Stopp, Elisabeth

Community & Culture

Saint Joseph's University Press

This volume includes the late Elisabeth Stopp s previously unpublished study of the emblem book of Adrien Gambart (1660-68), an introductory essay by Agnes Guiderdoni-Brusle that updates and supplements Stopp s work, and a facsimile of Gambart s emblem book. This remarkable book was inspired by the life and writings of St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), and written for the Sisters of the Visitation monastery of Faubourg Saint-Jacques in Paris, where Gambart, a Vincentian priest, served as chaplain for over thirty years.Gambart s emblems visualize many of the literary images that Francis employs in his writings, as well as draws on other popular sources of the emblematic tradition. By means of the emblems, Gambart seeks to identify in a tangible and memorable way for the reader the truly remarkable qualities of Francis s life and the exceptional elements of Salesian spirituality. Such a method, Gambart points out, is in keeping with Francis s own profuse use of images and symbols to communicate his spiritual doctrine as concretely and clearly as possible.Each emblem invites the reader to reflect on an episode from Francis s biography or on one of his particular virtues. One emblem is provided for each of the fifty-two weeks of the year and is explained by an explanatory meditation, which is then followed by seven points for prayer and resolution, one for each day of the week. Gambart called these points Fruits et pratiques (Fruits and Practice), a summary, as it were, of what was to be learned from meditation on the emblematic picture.Stopp s study offers an English translation of the key observations made by Gambart about each of the fifty-two emblems, while the facsimile makes available Gambart s original French text. Moreover, the facsimile is reproduced in color in order to convey the tonal richness of the original emblems.

Adrien Gambart's Emblem Book, 1664: The Life of St. Francis de Sales in Symbols (English and French Edition)

Gambart, Adrien

Leaders & Notable People

Humanism and Religion in Early Modern Spain brings together twenty-five essays by renowned historian Terence O’Reilly. 
The essays examine the interplay of religion and humanism in a series of writings composed in sixteenth-century Spain. It begins by presenting essential background: the coming together during the reign of the Emperor Charles V of Erasmian humanism and various movements of religious reform, some of them heterodox. It then moves on to the reign of Philip II, focusing on the mystical poetry and prose of St John of the Cross. It explores the influence on his writings of his humanist learning – classical, biblical and patristic. The third part of the book concerns a verse-epistle by John’s contemporary, Francisco de Aldana. One chapter presents the text with a parallel version in English, whilst two others trace its debt to Florentine Neoplatonism, particularly the thought of Marsilio Ficino. The final part is devoted to the humanism of the poet and Scripture scholar Luis de León, and specifically to the confluence in his work of biblical and classical motifs. 
This book is essential reading for scholars and students of early modern Spanish history, as well those interested in literary studies and the history of religion.

Humanism and Religion in Early Modern Spain (Variorum Collected Studies)

During the Second World War, two young Irishmen served in the armed forces of Nazi Germany, recruited to the German Special Forces after they were captured on the island of Jersey. They were involved in some of the most ferocious fighting of the war in the last days of the Third Reich. This account, which also covers some of the other Irishmen who sided with Nazi Germany, draws heavily on their own accounts and on state papers which have been released in recent years. ""If you like military history, you'll love this book."" The Irish American News

Hitler's Irishmen

Mercier Press

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From Ignatius Loyola to John of the Cross: Spirituality and Literature in Sixteenth-Century Spain (Variorum Collected Studies)

Hidden in God: Essays and Talks on St. Jane Frances de Chantal

Adrien Gambart's Emblem Book, 1664: The Life of St. Francis de Sales in Symbols (English and French Edition)

Humanism and Religion in Early Modern Spain (Variorum Collected Studies)

Humanism and Religion in Early Modern Spain (Variorum Collected Studies)

Hitler's Irishmen