Banca de DEFESA: CAMILA DOMINGOS DOS ANJOS

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STUDENT : CAMILA DOMINGOS DOS ANJOS
DATE: 09/09/2021
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: videoconferência
TITLE:

Favoring Christianity: the Jesuit Indoctrination of Native Boys in Goa (16th and 17th Centuries)

KEY WORDS:

Jesuits; conversion; pueri (boys and girls); Goa; "Estado da India".

PAGES: 275
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

In 1498 the Portuguese arrived in the Orient, where they established a network of commerce, trading posts, and fortresses. The expansion of the Catholic faith in the East was fundamental as one of the support pillars for Portuguese political power. The natives' conversion project aimed to homogenize local societies and establish loyalty to the King of Portugal. This thesis analyzes the initiatives to coerce the conversion and indoctrinate native boys and girls (pueri) between seven and fourteen years old – in territories in India under Portuguese influence, especially in Goa between the 16th and 17th centuries. Our research shows that the Jesuits, the Father of Christians, and other colonial authorities used the native boys and girls for multiple tasks, including the expansion of Catholicism in the East itself. The recruitment of native boys at the Colégio de São Paulo was promoted for decades and aimed to expand the project of civilization through faith. In this way, we discuss how the boys were converted, indoctrinated, and disciplined to be incorporated into the missions and the colonial expansion project. Different sources are analyzed to achieve these aims, such as letters and permits from the King of Portugal and the Viceroy of the "Estado da India," decrees of the Goa Provincial Councils, a compilation of laws on the Christianization linked to the Father of Christians' actions, as well as manumission records written by him and letters from the Jesuits who missioned in the East.

 

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1647918 - PATRICIA SOUZA DE FARIA CARVANO
Interna - 1718370 - LUCIANA MENDES GANDELMAN
Interna - 386989 - MARGARETH DE ALMEIDA GONCALVES
Externa à Instituição - CÉLIA CRISTINA DA SILVA TAVARES - UERJ
Externo à Instituição - JORGE LUZIO MATOS SILVA - UNILAB