The Jesuit missions of Maynas: Establishment, consolidation and survival of idolatry in a frontier territory (1638-1680)
Between 1638 and 1680, the Jesuit missions of the province of Maynas, located in the current territories of the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Amazon, were established and con-solidated for the first time. As a frontier territory, where the political control exercised by the Royal Court of Quito was limite...
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Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ihs/article/view/38642 |
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| Sumario: | Between 1638 and 1680, the Jesuit missions of the province of Maynas, located in the current territories of the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Amazon, were established and con-solidated for the first time. As a frontier territory, where the political control exercised by the Royal Court of Quito was limited, the work carried out by the Society of Jesus was developed through different aspects, such as the spiritual administration of the Amazonian Indians, the configuration of urban settlements adapted to the geographical conditions, the relative containment against the advance of the Portuguese invasion, among others. This article seeks to analyze, broadly speaking, the first moments of consolidation of this missionary system, tak-ing into account different political and ecclesiastical factors. In order to achieve this goal, we have decided to structure the work on the basis of the following sections: the process of colonization of the Spanish Marañón territory, the formation of the first Jesuit reductions, the main characteristics of the missionary methodology and the rhetorical discourse that ex-plained the survival of idolatry and superstition among the local societies. |
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