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Uncover the enigmatic history of Monita privata, a provocative anti-Jesuit text that captivated early modern Europe and fueled centuries of controversy. This new critical edition reexamines the origins, authorship, and geopolitical significance of the text, challenging the traditional attribution to Hieronim Zahorowski and suggesting a broader anti-Jesuit campaign originating in Venetian circles. Through rigorous analysis and newly included Polish translations, this edition situates Monita privata as a key artifact in the polemics of its time, offering fresh perspectives on Jesuit influence and propaganda. Rich with scholarly insights, this edition is indispensable for anyone exploring early modern religious and political history.
Price: $94.00
Pages: 274
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies
Publication Date:
19 June 2025
ISBN: 9789004728233
Format: Paperback
Bartosz Awianowicz is a professor of classics and head of the Institute of Literary Studies at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. He specializes in ancient and early modern rhetoric, ancient numismatics, and its 16th–18th century reception. He has published bilingual (Latin–Polish) editions of Cicero’s De inventione and De oratore and several Latin panegyrics from the 16th–17th centuries.
Radosław Grześkowiak, Ph.D. (2000), is a professor of early modern Polish literature at the University of Gdańsk. He has published widely on Renaissance and Baroque poetry and specializes in textual criticism and the scholarly editing of Polish poetry and prose from the 16th to 18th centuries.
Robert Aleksander Maryks, Ph.D. (Fordham University, New York), is a full professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He has published extensively on Jesuit history, including the monographs Saint Cicero and the Jesuits (Ashgate, 2008) and The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews (Brill, 2010), along with a dozen (co-)edited volumes. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Jesuit Studies and other Jesuit book series.
Radosław Grześkowiak, Ph.D. (2000), is a professor of early modern Polish literature at the University of Gdańsk. He has published widely on Renaissance and Baroque poetry and specializes in textual criticism and the scholarly editing of Polish poetry and prose from the 16th to 18th centuries.
Robert Aleksander Maryks, Ph.D. (Fordham University, New York), is a full professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He has published extensively on Jesuit history, including the monographs Saint Cicero and the Jesuits (Ashgate, 2008) and The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews (Brill, 2010), along with a dozen (co-)edited volumes. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Jesuit Studies and other Jesuit book series.