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Religion and empire in Portuguese India : conversion, resistance, and the making of Goa
Title
Religion and empire in Portuguese India : conversion, resistance, and the making of Goa / Ângela Barreto Xavier.
ISBN
9781438489117
1438489110
9781438489131
Edition
First SUNY Press edition.
Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
xviii, 407 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Notes
"Religion and Empire in Portuguese India: Conversion, Resistance, and the Making of Goa by Ângela Barreto Xavier was first published by Permanent Black D-28 Oxford Apts, 11 IP Extension, Delhi 110092 India, for the territory of South Asia."
"This book is a shortened version of A invenção de Goa : poder imperial e conversões culturais nos séculos XVI e XVII, published in Lisbon in 2008 by Imprensa de Ciências Sociais."--Page [vii].
Summary
"Examines the colonisation of Goa in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the durability of Portuguese rule"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 26, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-398) and index.
Contents
Reform in the kingdom, reform in the empire
Designing conversion
New temples and new priests : the establishment of religious orders in Goan villages
Tools of Christianisation : shaping memory, understanding, and will
Initial moves : discontent, resistance, acquiescence
The martyrs of Cuncolim and other episodes of resistance
The defence of the "genuine nobility" : conflicts of memory, identity, and power.
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