A Paradise Inhabited by Devils
Subtitle: The Jesuits' Civilizing Mission in Early Modern Naples (Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: September 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9788870413571
Subjects: History; Religion; Italy; Religion - Church Life; Institutions & Organizations; General; Church history; Jesuits; Naples (Kingdom)
First sentence: While the mythology of a beautiful but culturally backward southern Italy holds less power today than it did in earlier times, the intensity of stereotypes that represent southern Italians as overly emotional, violence-prone and lazy is still evident to a visitor in contemporary Italy.