Giovanni Battista Nicolini [1792-1861], History of the Jesuits. Their Origin, Progress, and Designs

London: George Bell & Sons, 1893. Hbk. pp.514.

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Contents

• Introduction

1. 1500-40. Origin of the Order
2. 1540-52. Consitutions of the Order
3. 1540-53. Hierarchy
4. 1541-48. Progress of the Order, and its First General
5. 1547-1631. The Female Jesuits
6. 1548-56. The First Opposition to the Order, and Death of Loyola
7. 1571-1774. Missions
8. 1556-15810 The Generals of the Order
9. 1560-1600. Proceedings of the Jesuits in the Different Countries of Europe
10. 1581-1608. Commotion Among the Jesuits
11. 1600-1700. Doctrines and Moral Code of the Jesuits
12. 1608-1700. Overgrowing Influence of the Society
13. 1600-1753. American Missions
14. 1617-1700. Internal Causes of Decline
15. 1700-1772. Downfall of the Jesuits
16. 1773. Abolition of the Order
17. 1774. Death of Clement XIV
18. 1773-1814. The Jesuits During the Suppression
19. 1814. Re-Estblishment
20. 1848-1852. The Jesuits in and After 1848

• Conclusion
• Index