The Jesuits: Cultures, Sciences, and the Arts, 1540-1773 - Paperbackby John W. O'Malley (Editor), Gauvin Alexander Bailey (Editor), Steven J. Harris (Editor) In recent years scholars in a range of disciplines have begun to re evaluate the history of the Society of Jesus. Approaching the subject with new questions and methods, they have reconsidered the importance of the Society in many sectors, including those related to the sciences and the arts. They have also looked at the Jesuits as emblematic of certain traits of