Robert Aleksander Maryks, Ph.D. (2006) in History, Fordham University, is Associate Professor of History, Associate Director of the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, and Editor of Jesuit Sources at Boston College. He has published on various aspects of the history of the Jesuits, including, most recently, A Companion to Ignatius of Loyola (Brill, 2014). He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Jesuit Studies, the book series of Jesuit Studies, and the Boston College Jesuit Bibliography: The New Sommervogel.

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionRobert Aleksander Maryks1 Francesco Benci and the Origins of Jesuit Neo-Latin EpicPaul Gwynne2 Exploring the Distinctiveness of Neo-Latin Jesuit Didactic Poetry in Naples: The Case of Nicolò Partenio GiannettasioClaudia Schindler3 Civic Education on Stage: Civic Values and Virtues in the Jesuit Schools of the Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthJolanta Rzegocka4 “Ask the Jesuits to Send Verses from Rome”: The Society’s Networks and the European Dissemination of Devotional MusicDaniele V. Filippi5 Priestly Violence, Martyrdom, and Jesuits: The Case of Diego de Alfaro, S.J. (Paraguay 1639)Andrew Redden6 Colonial Theodicy and the Jesuit Ascetic Ideal in José de Acosta’s Works on Spanish America Bryan Green7 Purple Silk and Black Cotton: Francisco Cabral, S.J., and the Negotiation of Jesuit Attire in Japan (1570–73) Linda Zampol D’Ortia8 Pedro de Ribadeneyra’s Vida del P. Ignacio de Loyola (1583) and Literary Culture in Early Modern SpainRady Roldán-Figueroa9 The Distinctiveness of the Society of Jesus’s Mission in Pedro de Ribadeneyra S.J.’s Historia ecclesiástica del schisma del Reyno deInglaterra (1588)Spencer J. Weinreich10 Discerning Skills: Psychological Insight at the Core of Jesuit Identity Cristiano Casalini11 Distinctive Contours of Jesuit Enlightenment in France Jeffrey D. Burson12 One Century of Science: The Jesuit Journal Brotéria (1902–2002) Francisco Malta Romeiras and Henrique LeitãoBibliography Index