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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Autor principal: Jiménez Gómez, Ismael
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2022
Materias:
missions
jesuits
idolatry
Maynas
Quito
misiones
jesuitas
idolatría
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ihs/article/view/38642
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Antiguos jesuitas en Iberoamérica de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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spelling I10-R340-article-386422022-09-14T19:54:10Z The Jesuit missions of Maynas: Establishment, consolidation and survival of idolatry in a frontier territory (1638-1680) Las misiones jesuíticas de Maynas: Establecimiento, consolidación y pervivencia de la idolatría en un territorio de frontera (1638-1680) Jiménez Gómez, Ismael missions jesuits idolatry Maynas Quito misiones jesuitas idolatría Maynas Quito 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. Entre los años de 1638 y 1680 tuvo lugar el establecimiento y la primera consolidación de las misiones jesuíticas de la provincia de Maynas, ubicada en los actuales territorios de la Amazonia peruana y ecuatoriana. Al constituirse como un territorio de frontera, donde el control político ejercido por la Real Audiencia de Quito era limitado, la labor realizada por la Compañía de Jesús se desarrolló a través de distintas vertientes, como la administración espiritual de los indios amazónicos, la configuración de asentamientos urbanos adaptados a las condiciones geográficas, la relativa contención frente al avance de la invasión portuguesa, entre otras. El presente artículo busca analizar, a grandes rasgos, los primeros momentos de consolidación de este sistema misional, tomando en cuenta distintos factores políticos y eclesiásticos. Para llegar a buen puerto, se ha decido estructurar el trabajo a partir de los siguientes apartados: el proceso de colonización del territorio del Marañón español, la conformación de las primeras reducciones jesuíticas, las características principales de la metodología misionera y el discurso retórico que daba cuenta de la pervivencia de la idolatría y la superstición entre las sociedades locales. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2022-09-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ihs/article/view/38642 10.31057/2314.3908.v11.38642 Antiguos jesuitas en Iberoamérica; 2022: Colegios y Misiones Jesuíticas 2314-3908 10.31057/2314.3908.v11 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ihs/article/view/38642/38643 Derechos de autor 2022 Antiguos jesuitas en Iberoamérica https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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Quito
misiones
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idolatría
Maynas
Quito
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idolatry
Maynas
Quito
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Jiménez Gómez, Ismael
The Jesuit missions of Maynas: Establishment, consolidation and survival of idolatry in a frontier territory (1638-1680)
topic_facet missions
jesuits
idolatry
Maynas
Quito
misiones
jesuitas
idolatría
Maynas
Quito
author Jiménez Gómez, Ismael
author_facet Jiménez Gómez, Ismael
author_sort Jiménez Gómez, Ismael
title The Jesuit missions of Maynas: Establishment, consolidation and survival of idolatry in a frontier territory (1638-1680)
title_short The Jesuit missions of Maynas: Establishment, consolidation and survival of idolatry in a frontier territory (1638-1680)
title_full The Jesuit missions of Maynas: Establishment, consolidation and survival of idolatry in a frontier territory (1638-1680)
title_fullStr The Jesuit missions of Maynas: Establishment, consolidation and survival of idolatry in a frontier territory (1638-1680)
title_full_unstemmed The Jesuit missions of Maynas: Establishment, consolidation and survival of idolatry in a frontier territory (1638-1680)
title_sort jesuit missions of maynas: establishment, consolidation and survival of idolatry in a frontier territory (1638-1680)
description 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.
publisher Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad
publishDate 2022
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ihs/article/view/38642
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