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Political Agents and Cultural Mediators
Jesuit Procurators in a Globalizing World (16thâ18th Centuries)
Series: - Jesuit Studies, Volume: 52
This volume traces the complex, global-scale circulation of procurators as non-state cosmopolitan agents, along with the movement of goods and knowledge, across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa, on a scale that was, for the first time, truly global. The provincial congregations and their respective procurators (procuratores provinciae) emerged as key figures within the complex administrative structures of the Society of Jesus, operating between Rome and the provinces, particularly in overseas territories. Their activities at the Roman curia challenged the traditionally centralized and hierarchical vision of the Jesuit order, as these procurators positioned themselves as influential diplomatic agents in key decision-making processes.
Alexandre Coello de la Rosa is Professor of Latin American History and the Philippines in the Department of Humanities at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. His main lines of research deal with historical anthropology, chronicles of the Indies, and early modern Spanish colonialism, specifically focused on the ecclesiastical history of the Mariana Islands and the Philippines.
Fabian Fechner is a post-doctoral research fellow in global history at the University of Hagen (Westphalia). His research interests include cultural contacts and the history of religion. His doctoral thesis explored early modern globalizing politics and the Paraguayan Jesuit missions.
Fabian Fechner is a post-doctoral research fellow in global history at the University of Hagen (Westphalia). His research interests include cultural contacts and the history of religion. His doctoral thesis explored early modern globalizing politics and the Paraguayan Jesuit missions.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
âAlexandre Coello de la Rosa and Fabian Fechner
Part 1 Mediators and Agents in the Circulation of Material Culture
1 Jesuit Shipments and Their Secrets
âEighteenth-Century Circulation of Religious Objects and Material Culture from Europe to the Spanish American Viceroyalties
âLuisa Elena Alcalá and Vanina Scocchera
2 The Procurators of the China Mission to Europe: on Global Arts and Taste (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)
âCristina Osswald
Part 2 Recruitment of Missionaries and the Design of Jesuit Propaganda
3 Procurators in Europe
âA Connected History of the Missionary Provinces of the Society of Jesus in Early Seventeenth-Century Peru and the Philippines
âAlexandre Coello de la Rosa and Aliocha Maldavsky
4 From China to Europe and Back: the Power and Promises of Jesuit Procurators in the Early Modern Period
âElisa Frei
5 The Thread that Binds: Luis de Morales, S.J., Missionary and Procurator of the Philippines (1668â90)
âAlexandre Coello de la Rosa
Part 3 Mechanisms of Communication, Management, and Decision-Making
6 Missionary Style and Written Production: the Jesuit Procurators in the Making of Early Global Paraguay
âFabián R. Vega and Guillermo Wilde
7 The Challenges and Goals of Procurators Traveling between China and Europe
âFrederik Vermote
8 Silver and Silk: the Financial and Commercial Activities of the Jesuit Procurator in Japan (Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries)
âHélène Vu Thanh
Part 4 Global Mediators, Agents, and Entrepreneurs
9 News from the Peruvian Province: a Jesuit Procurator Navigating the Empire
âCarlos Gálvez Peña
10 Mediation and Fidelity: the Jesuit Lorenzo de Arizábalo and the Mercedarian Ramón de Morales (SantiagoâMadrid, 1666â70)
âRafael Gaune Corradi and José Araneda Riquelme
Part 5 Other Types of Procurators and Their Normativities in a Comparative Framework
11 Caught between Two Stools: the Procurators in the Province of Brazil and the Ambitions of the Society of Jesus
âBeatriz Nowicki and Carlos Zeron
â12âThe Procurators da missão and Reitores de Diu: Tricks and Tensions in the Administration of the Ethiopian Mission
âAndreu MartÃnez dâAlòs-Moner
â13âA carta viva from Angola: the Case of Baltasar Barreira, Superior and Informal Procurator of the Angola Mission, c.1579â1604
âJoão Vicente Melo
14 Circulation, Representation, Legitimacy: Starting Points for Further Research on Administrative Practices in a Global Framework
âFabian Fechner
Appendices
â1âThe Formula of the Congregation of Procurators: Introduction, Latin Text, and English Translation
âAlexander Winkler
â2âClaudio Acquaviva, Instrucción para el procurador de las Indias occidentales (c.1582)
âTranslated by Alexandre Coello de la Rosa
â3âJuan Pablo Oliva, general de los Jesuitas, Instrucción para los procuradores de las Indias Occidentales que residen en Sevilla y Madrid y para los que serán enviados de aquellas provincias y para los provinciales de unos y otros, 13 de abril de 1668
âTranslated by Alexandre Coello de la Rosa
4 Documents Relating to the Preparation of the Procuratorsâ Journeys from Paraguay (1738)
âCorinna Gramatke
Index
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
âAlexandre Coello de la Rosa and Fabian Fechner
Part 1 Mediators and Agents in the Circulation of Material Culture
1 Jesuit Shipments and Their Secrets
âEighteenth-Century Circulation of Religious Objects and Material Culture from Europe to the Spanish American Viceroyalties
âLuisa Elena Alcalá and Vanina Scocchera
2 The Procurators of the China Mission to Europe: on Global Arts and Taste (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)
âCristina Osswald
Part 2 Recruitment of Missionaries and the Design of Jesuit Propaganda
3 Procurators in Europe
âA Connected History of the Missionary Provinces of the Society of Jesus in Early Seventeenth-Century Peru and the Philippines
âAlexandre Coello de la Rosa and Aliocha Maldavsky
4 From China to Europe and Back: the Power and Promises of Jesuit Procurators in the Early Modern Period
âElisa Frei
5 The Thread that Binds: Luis de Morales, S.J., Missionary and Procurator of the Philippines (1668â90)
âAlexandre Coello de la Rosa
Part 3 Mechanisms of Communication, Management, and Decision-Making
6 Missionary Style and Written Production: the Jesuit Procurators in the Making of Early Global Paraguay
âFabián R. Vega and Guillermo Wilde
7 The Challenges and Goals of Procurators Traveling between China and Europe
âFrederik Vermote
8 Silver and Silk: the Financial and Commercial Activities of the Jesuit Procurator in Japan (Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries)
âHélène Vu Thanh
Part 4 Global Mediators, Agents, and Entrepreneurs
9 News from the Peruvian Province: a Jesuit Procurator Navigating the Empire
âCarlos Gálvez Peña
10 Mediation and Fidelity: the Jesuit Lorenzo de Arizábalo and the Mercedarian Ramón de Morales (SantiagoâMadrid, 1666â70)
âRafael Gaune Corradi and José Araneda Riquelme
Part 5 Other Types of Procurators and Their Normativities in a Comparative Framework
11 Caught between Two Stools: the Procurators in the Province of Brazil and the Ambitions of the Society of Jesus
âBeatriz Nowicki and Carlos Zeron
â12âThe Procurators da missão and Reitores de Diu: Tricks and Tensions in the Administration of the Ethiopian Mission
âAndreu MartÃnez dâAlòs-Moner
â13âA carta viva from Angola: the Case of Baltasar Barreira, Superior and Informal Procurator of the Angola Mission, c.1579â1604
âJoão Vicente Melo
14 Circulation, Representation, Legitimacy: Starting Points for Further Research on Administrative Practices in a Global Framework
âFabian Fechner
Appendices
â1âThe Formula of the Congregation of Procurators: Introduction, Latin Text, and English Translation
âAlexander Winkler
â2âClaudio Acquaviva, Instrucción para el procurador de las Indias occidentales (c.1582)
âTranslated by Alexandre Coello de la Rosa
â3âJuan Pablo Oliva, general de los Jesuitas, Instrucción para los procuradores de las Indias Occidentales que residen en Sevilla y Madrid y para los que serán enviados de aquellas provincias y para los provinciales de unos y otros, 13 de abril de 1668
âTranslated by Alexandre Coello de la Rosa
4 Documents Relating to the Preparation of the Procuratorsâ Journeys from Paraguay (1738)
âCorinna Gramatke
Index
This volume speaks to a broader audience, aiming to deepen the emerging understanding of early modern administration within the framework of global Catholicism.
