The expulsion of the Jesuits from colonial Iberian America: A comparative study of the Schools of Córdoba and Rio de Janeiro

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  • Marieta Pinheiro Carvalho Universidade Salgado de Oliveira - Programa de Pós-Graduação em História

Abstract

The eight-year gap between the expulsion of the Jesuits from Portuguese America (1759) and from Spanish America cannot be seen as a factor of exclusion in a comparative analysis of both realities. On the contrary, similar events that happened in the respective Iberian empires, as well as the procedures implemented by the governments of Joseph I of Portugal and Charles III of Spain, allow and encourage research works that approach these two countries. This article aims at conducting a comparative study of how the Portuguese and the Spanish Crowns managed Jesuits’ assets in the moment subsequent to their eviction, with a view to highlighting similarities and/or differences in the actions taken by both monarchies. The analysis focuses on the examination of the Schools of Rio de Janeiro and of Córdoba.

Keywords: Jesuits, expulsion, seizure of assets.

Author Biography

Marieta Pinheiro Carvalho, Universidade Salgado de Oliveira - Programa de Pós-Graduação em História

Doutora em História Política pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (2010). Tem experiência na área de pesquisa em História do Brasil, com atuação em diversos arquivos , trabalhando com temas referentes à intelectualidade, ao poder, à política e à sociedade. É professora do Programa de Pós Graduação em História do Brasil da Universidade Salgado de Oliveira, vinculada a linha de pesquisa Sociedade, Cultura e Trabalho.

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Published

2015-05-11

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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2015): January/April

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