RT Article
T1 Jesuits in Spanish America before the Suppression: Organization and Demographic and Quantitative Perspectives
JF Brill research perspectives in Jesuit studies
VO 2
IS 4
SP 1
OP 108
A1 Jackson, Robert H.
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1749067951
AB From the late sixteenth century until their expulsion in 1767, members of the Society of Jesus played an important role in the urban life of Spanish America and as administrators of frontier missions. This study examines the organization of the Society of Jesus in Spanish America in large provinces, as well as the different urban institutions such as colegios and frontier missions. It outlines the spiritual and educational activities in cities. The Jesuits supported the royal initiative to evangelize indigenous populations on the frontiers, and particularly the outcomes that did not always conform to expectations. One reason for this was the effects of diseases such as smallpox on the indigenous populations. Finally, it examines the 1767 expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish territories. Some died before leaving the Americas or at sea. The majority reached Spain and were later shipped to exile in the Papal States.
K1 Baja California
K1 Chaco
K1 Guaraní
K1 Society of Jesus
K1 Sonora-Sinaloa
K1 Colegios
K1 Education
K1 Expulsion
K1 frontier missions
K1 misión popular
DO 10.1163/25897454-12340008