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Jesuits in Spanish America before the Suppression
Organization and Demographic and Quantitative Perspectives
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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, but the outcomes that did not always conform to expectations. One reason for this was the effect 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.
Robert H. Jackson. PhD (University of California, Berkeley in 1988) is an independent scholar in Mexico City. His most recent publication is Regional Conflict and Demographic Patterns on the Jesuit Missions among the Guaranà in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (Brill, 2019).
Jesuits in Spanish America before the Suppression
Organization and Demographic and Quantitative Perspectives
âRobert H. Jackson
âAbstract
âKeywords
â1âIntroduction
â2âThe Jesuit Organization and Recordkeeping in Spanish America
â3âGood Times, Bad Times: The Urban Role of the Jesuits
â4âThe Missions among the GuaranÃ
â5âThe Jesuit Missions of Sinaloa and Sonora
â6âJesuit Missions among Non-sedentary Indigenous Populations
â7âThe Jesuit Expulsion from Spanish America in 1767
â8âConclusion
âBibliography
All interested in the history of colonial Spanish America, the role of the Catholic church in colonial Spanish America, and frontier missions. Anyone interested in historical demography. Keywords: Society of Jesus, education, Misión Popular, colegios, frontier missions, GuaranÃ, Sonora-Sinaloa, Chaco, Baja California, expulsion.