Books from the Southern Netherlands in the Viceroyalty of Peru (1532-1808)

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SECTION I: GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Introduction
The gospel, the knight Amadis and the ma in . . globalization PP g of the world. outhne of a theoretical concept of cultural
Looking into dirty books: methodological considerations
Iconography of Peruvian art, the registros of the ga/eones, wills and card indexes· the stat . . F' d' · us quaest1onis
rn rng books from the Southern Netherlands in Peru: the research objective
1. Cultural life in the Viceroyalty of Peru
Settling conquerors: locating colonial centers in the aud' 1enc1as . o f Quito . and Lima
Clerks and clerics: cultural agents in early modern Peru
S.O.S - Saving other souls: the religious orders in Peru
From university to colleges: the educational system of the Viceroyalty
2. Reading on board and trading overseas: how books f rom A ntwerp came to Lima
Books travelling from Seville to Lima
Lima bookshops
Printed in Peru: poor ink and paper and an lmprenta Antverpiana
SECTION II: ANALYSIS OF BOOK COLLECTIONS
3. Dusty books bound in parchment: early modern book collections in today's Peru
Online research and slip box catalogues: identifying old libraries in Ecuador and Peru
The ~o~ks of San Pablo: ousted, transferred, plundered and bur - . . Jesuit hbrary of Lima be in Chile? ned or. Why might the remains of the
World cultural heritage. Books in the historic center of Lima· . . Francisco and Santo Domingo in Lima . the collections rn the convents of San
The ancient collections of Santa Rosa de O H in secluded convents copa { uancayo) and La Recoleta in Arequipa: touristic libraries
The books of the monks· I . . . . some ess promrnent convent libraries in the Viceroyalty of Peru
La B1bltoteca de los Jesuitas in Cusco and the books of Jesuits fr . . . modern libraries om Quito. lookrng for historic collections in
Th e men · bl rn ack and their books: the seminary libraries in the audiencia of Lima
The books of the nuns: undiscovered territory
The hidden patrimony· b k 11 . • . oo co ect1ons rn archives and municipal libraries
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The modern 'ancient' collections
4. Books from the Southern Netherlands in the Viceroyalty of Peru: What did they read in Peru?
Who owned the books? Books from the Southern Netherlands with identified owners
"Bestsellers" in early modern Peru - the most popular titles
Best selling printers: From the conquest to the fall of Antwerp
Antwerp's golden age in the Peruvian book trade
Printers from the Southern Netherlands and the Peruvian book trade after the Peace of Westphalia
The Peruvian book trade of the printers from the Southern Netherlands during the reigns of the Austrian
Hapsburgs
SECTION Ill: CASE STUDIES
5. Censored in Lima: The texts of Justus Lipsius and Benedictus Arias Montanus
Justus Lipsius in Lima and beyond
De militia Romana
Epistolica institutio and the Epistolarum centuriae
Benedictus Arias Montanus: Spanish humanism printed in Antwerp
6. Cornelius a Lapide: explaining the Bible to readers across the globe
The Bible commentaries of Cornelius a Lapide: an evergreen bestseller
Cornelius a Lapide in Peru
Commentaria in Proverbia Salomon is: one example of the dispersion of the commentary series
The structure of the Bible commentaries
Quoting Cornelius: The reception of Cornelius a Lapide's Bible commentaries
Sermons published in Lima: "que dixo mi Cornelio a Lapide"
Peruvian treatises and sermons printed in Europe
Interpreting the work of Cornelius a Lapide
7. Diego de Avendano and the Thesaurus lndicus
Diego de Avendano and his oeuvre
Printing in Europe: The European network of printers/publishers of the writings of Diego de Avendano
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Physical description of the Thesaurus lndicus published by Jacob van Meurs and Hieronymus (Ill) Verdussen p. 271
Thesaurus lndicus
Auctarium Jndicum
Physical description of the Problemata Theologica edited by Engelbert Gymnicus
Dissemination of Avendano's books
The content of the Thesaurus
Thesaurus lndicus I and //
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Auctarium lndicum /-/JI(:;: Thesaurus /ndicus /JI, IV and V}
Auctarium lndicum IV - the Cursus Cansumatus
Summary of the Thesaurus lndicus and the Auctarium lndicum
The interpretation of the Thesaurus lndicus
Avendano as theocratic ideologist
Avendano as defender of human rights
Avendano as Moral Theologian
Conclusion of the research summary
Avendano and Probabilist scholars from the Southern Netherlands: the intellectual network
Probabilism in Peru - Jansenism in Europe
Avendano and the Probabilists in the Southern Netherlands: a reading relationship
Conclusions regarding the books of Diego de Avendano
8. Mystical images: tracing emblem books and emblematic printings
Her~an Hu.go's Pia desideria at the foot of the El Misti: Antwerp - Leuven _Valladolid_ Areguipa (Peru)
stations of iconographic evolution
Benedictus van Haeften: Schola cordis
Hendrik Engelgrave: Lux evangelica
Engravings made in Antwerp
Conclusions regarding the influence of emblematic printing
9. The globalization of early modern academic knowledge
SECTION IV: APPENDIX, REFERENCES ANO CREDITS
10. Appendix
11. Bibliography and archival sources
12. Credits for illustrations
13. Abbreviations
Attached to this text you find a CD ROM containing the ELECTRONIC APPENDIX.
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