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Traversino Di Cristo, Massimiliano

Jacopo Aconcio : vita e opera di un giurista e intellettuale trentino del primo secolo della Riforma

2021 - Leo S. Olschki

P. 199-216

  • This article examines the oratorical practice of the Italian Jesuits working in penitential missions during the seventeenth and up to the middle of the eighteenth century. Unlike previous studies, which have focused on the performative dimension of this practice, the present article highlights the textual and rhetorical aspects of the sermons. Drawing on a wide range of archival and printed sources, it seeks to demonstrate that the written word, even if secondary to the oral one, had a conspicuous presence in missionary preaching and followed rhetorical and literary models to a greater extent than previously thought. [Publisher's text]

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Rivista di storia e letteratura religiosa : LVII, 2, 2021