From Immolation to Restoration: The Jesuits,1773–1814

Abstract

The period between global suppression (1773) and universal restoration (1814) had a profound impact on the 19th-century Society of Jesus. After an account of the events of the suppression years, the author looks at the impact on both Jesuit self-identity (the relationship between “old” and “new” Society), the Society’s relationship with the papacy, and the Jesuits’ interaction with the broader 19th-century culture. He concludes with some historiographical remarks on the current state and future directions of scholarship concerning this period.