HIS 1307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ignatius Of Loyola, Tokugawa Shogunate, Francis Xavier
12 Feb 2016
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Lecture #5 (part 2) iberian jesuits, japanese shoguns, and the counter reformation. The society of jesus (jesuits) founded in 1540. Counter reform coming from the top (pope: directed towards those that didn"t leave the faith. Protestant reformation came from bottom (normal people, not officials) Council of trent (1545-1563: meant to establish what went wrong and how it can be fixed; why did people leave the faith, bishops (elected) meet to discuss options. New religious order: monastic + mission = jesuits (society of jesus, one of the first major mission organizations. Francis xavier (navarre: navarre run over by spain, moves to france for school roommate: ignatius loyola (one of the first jesuits, jesuit missions in asia. Missions and imperialism complimented each other: xavier willing to learn local languages, not forcing everyone to learn spanish. Problems with brahmins (india: hindus caste system (higher end of society) Poorer people in other places see christianity as a leveling" in society; brahmins see.
