Barreto Xavier Religion and Empire in Portuguese India

Conversion, Resistance, and the Making of Goa
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4384-8913-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 431 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Examines the colonization of Goa in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the durability of Portuguese rule.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barreto Xavier, Ângela

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Glossary
Abbreviations
Maps

Introduction

1. Reform in the Kingdom, Reform in the Empire

2. Designing Conversion

3. New Temples and New Priests: The Establishment of Religious Orders in Goan Villages

4. Tools of Christianisation: Shaping Memory, Understanding, and Will

5. Initial Moves: Discontent, Resistance, Acquiescence

6. The Martyrs of Cuncolim and Other Episodes of Resistance

7. The Defence of the "Genuine Nobility": Conflicts of Memory, Identity, and Power

Conclusion

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ângela Barreto Xavier is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon in Portugal. Her previous books include Catholic Orientalism: Portuguese Empire, Indian Knowledge (16th–18th Centuries) (coauthored with Ines G. Zupanov).