Early Jesuits and the Rhetorical Tradition

This book explores sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Jesuit contributions to the rhetorical tradition established by Isocrates, Aristotle, Cicero and Quintilian.

Jaska Kainulainen is a Docent at the University of Helsinki, specialising in history of ideas and the history of travel in early modern history. His recent publications include Paolo Sarpi: A Servant of God and State (2014).