History A-Level
Jesuits
What Jesuits means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Jesuits
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The most significant new religious order, founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540, whose beliefs centred on absolute obedience to the papacy and the active defence of Catholicism.
Topics that use Jesuits
- 2C The Reformation in Europe, c1500–1564 (A-level only) – The Catholic Reformation, 1531–1564 (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Consilium de Emendanda Ecclesia
- Geographical variation
- New religious orders
- Paul IV
- Pius IV
- Roman Inquisition
- Popular piety
- Spiritual Exercises
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