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For this section casahistoria is indebted to the articles & powerpoint presentations of
Robert H Jackson which give a unique and
vivid picture of Spanish & Portuguese settlements and missions across the
Americas, but especially in south America. This extensive library can be
found collectively on this page as well as in the relevant individual
casahistoria country pages.
Spanish settlement
Portuguese settlement
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 Portugal
in America, to 1600 Looks at Portuguese expansion
and the African connection.
Straightforward account from the
Frank E. Smitha history sites.
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 Portuguese Colonial World
Visual introduction to the Portuguese Empire, placing its S American
expansion in a global context. See also
The
Portuguese Colonial World Smaller version By R H Jackson.
Powerpoint pdf file.
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A Rich Past and an Uncertain Future
Jesuit and Enlightenment in the Luso-American
- A paper by Beatriz Helena Domingues discussing "the influence of
enlightenment ideas in Portugal and Brazil through the discussion of the
issue of Jesuit enterprise in Brazil in the second half of the
eighteenth century, in the context of intellectual debates and political
disputes in Portugal and in Europe." Difficult academic essay.
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UNESCO World heritage
Site information: Images, brief outline, maps, details of current
condition. Often with links to other useful links - remember to look in
any report pdf indicated on the page. These have valuable background
details.
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2. Mission
settlement
General
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 Revisiting
Japan’s ‘Christian Century’ by Derek Massarella, Professor of History,
Faculty
of Economics, Chuo University, Tokyo.
Academic article ultimately looking at the christian missionary
impulse and the treatment as well as response of missionaries in (16th/17th
century) Japan. However it argues this in the context of theories expounded
originally with relation to the missions of the Americas. Interesting
initial section on the 16th century philosophical justification for
missionary imperialism that centred on the question of whether the native
(Americans) were or were not, natural slaves. If so, then the Spanish had
the right, and the obligation, to conquer and convert them by force ...
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The Jesuit Missions in the Americas Textual introductions, population
data, original plans and present day images of Jesuit Missions across the
Americas - Bolivia, Peru as well as the Misiones area - (and beyond).
By R H Jackson. Powerpoint
pdf file.
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The
Jesuit Missions (Reducciones) in South America
Outline of missions, Useful maps and a
list of remaining missions. This will help to give a foundation of
knowledge to make the most of the powerpoints.
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The Jesuit Missions in South America. Another clear overview. Also a good place
to start
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Mission Churches in Northern Mexico and Paraguay
R H Jackson introduces this
powerpoint with: "The missions, also known as doctrinas
or reducciones, were to become politically autonomous indigenous
communities, organized as Christian utopias. The new towns were to be
built on
a grid plan with a central plaza in
the center of the town. The church was to be the dominant structure in the
towns. Although there were differences in the mission programs in the
various fringe regions of Spanish America, there were also many
similarities, and the mission program followed a basic blueprint."
By R H Jackson. Powerpoint pdf file.
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Missions on the Fringes of Spanish America: A Comparison This is a
compendium of the materials from most of R H Jacksons presentations on the
Spanish, Portuguese and Jesuits. A large download, but a mass of visual
evidence. Brief textual introductions place the developments in a context,
then they are presented by geographical area.
North America first, then South
America (page 76) By R H Jackson. Powerpoint pdf file
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Contemporary
images of missions. What they look like today. RH Jackson powerpoint.
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In God's Name
Limited but useful images form a selection of Jesuit missions
The Missions as Colonisers
Economics
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3. Mission
settlement by region:
a. Misiones region
- general (North east
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, southern Brazil)
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 The Jesuit Missions History
good place to start for a general overview of the purpose and role of the
Jesuit missions despite being provided as tourist background information.
much better than most usual "guides"
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Os
Sete Povos: The Trans-Uruguay Missions Excellent illustrated
powerpoint type survey of the Jesuit Missions as they were (from
contemporary drawings, and how they are today). Good statistical data. By
R H Jackson. Powerpoint pdf file.
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The Guarani under Spanish Rule in the Rio
de la Plata Useful review of book
The Guarani under Spanish Rule in the Rio de la Plata by Barbara Ganson which gives a clear, concise, overview
of the historical situation. Published in
Journal of Social History,
Winter, 2004 & written by
Jerry W. Cooney
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Spanish Missions in the Lowlands Regions of South America Thorough
visual and graphical presentation of the Jesuit missions of the Uruguay/
Brazil/ Argentina/ Paraguay region. Very clear. By R H Jackson. Powerpoint
pdf file
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The
Jesuit Missions of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil
Plans, pictures,
population data, brief textual outlines. Very thorough, set out by modern
country. By R H Jackson.
Powerpoint pdf file.
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The Jesuits
Missions (Reducciones) in Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil
Mainly outline but give an overview. See also From Marco
Ramerini's Dutch & Portuguese Colonialism site
- Mission Frontiers in the Rio de la Plata and Northern Mexico Essay by
RH Jackson. This essay compares patterns of development in missions in the
Rio de la Plata region established and managed by the Jesuits between 1607
and 1767, and the Baja California missions initiated in 1697 and also run
by Jesuits, until the expulsion of the order in 1767/1768 from the Spanish
dominions.
 A major theme of this essay is a comparison of missions
established by the Jesuits in
two regions with very distinct environments,
in order to see what modifications the Black Robes had to make to the
general blueprint for the mission program that envisioned the creation of
communities of sedentary farmers and artisans who would pay taxes to the
Crown and provide labour for Spanish enterprises. It also compares and
contrasts patterns of development of
 missions on two frontiers.
- Colonial Demography in the Americas: Case Studies from the Fringes of
Empire
RH Jackson This essay uses
sacramental registers and censuses to document the process of demographic
change among populations living in missions in two parts of Spanish
America, the northern frontier of New Spain (colonial Mexico) and greater
Paraguay (parts of modern Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil) in the Rio de
la Plata region of South America.
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Vanished Arcadia, A: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay
1607-1767 the 1900 account by R.B. Cunninghame Graham published
as an Etext by the Project Gutenberg.
Three images of San Ignacio Miní:
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3. Mission
settlement by region:
b. Argentina
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Nuestra Senora de Loreto Mission
Survey of the Loreto Mission in modern day
Argentina. R H Jackson
introduces this powerpoint with:
"Jose Cataldino and Simon Masseta
established Loreto in 1610 in Guaira, in what today is Brazil. Attacks by
the Bandeirantes forced the relocation of the mission in 1631 to a site on
the Rio Yabebiri. The Jesuits relocated the mission to its current site in
1686 near the Parana River." Powerpoint pdf file, illustrated
with contemporary pictures, modern images and data.
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Santa Ana Jesuit Mission
R
H Jackson introduces this powerpoint with:
"The
Jesuits established Santa Ana during the first expansion after 1607 in the
Tape region (modern Rio Grande do Sul) in 1633. Following raids they
relocated .... and moved the mission to its final site near the Parana
River in modern Argentina in 1690."
Illustrated with contemporary pictures, modern images and data.
Powerpoint
presentation but does not require a
Reader.
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San
Nicolas Mission (Brazil & Argentina)
San Nicolas mission west of the
Uruguay River, in what today is Misiones, Argentina. Thorough visual and
graphical presentation. Very clear. By R H Jackson. Powerpoint pdf.
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San
Lorenzo Martir (Sao Lourenco Martir): Jesuit Mission to the Guarani
This is the mission background to the film "The Mission". RH Jackson
Powerpoint pdf. .
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San Luis Gonzaga
and Santo Angel Custodio Missions Brief textual background. plans,
maps images, data. Powerpoint. Does not require a Reader.
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Photos and history of San Ignacio Mini reducción jesuítica (Jesuitic
reduction), Misiones, Argentina
Mainly outline but give an overview. From Marco
Ramerini's Dutch & Portuguese Colonialism site.
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Spanish Missions in the Lowlands Regions of South America Recent
RH Jackson powerpoint but includes new sections such as Chaco missions.
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3. Mission
settlement by region:
c. Brazil,
Paraguay and
Uruguay
Brazil
Uruguay
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Sao Lourenco Martir Sao Lourenco Martir Jesuit Mission to the Guarani Survey of the San Lorenzo Mission in modern day Argentina.
R H Jackson introduces this
powerpoint with: "
In the 1680s, the Jesuits returned to the territory east of the Uruguay
River, and eventually moved/established seven missions in the region. Two,
San Juan Bautista and San Lorenzo, were established with Guarani
populations from existing missions. The Portuguese establishment of
Colonia do Sacramento near Buenos Aires in the
Banda Oriente
prompted the return to the disputed
borderlands".
Illustrated with contemporary pictures,
modern images and data.
Pdf file Click for an
even
larger version
- San
Lorenzo Martir: A Jesuit Mission in the Service of Spanish Policy Essay
by R H Jackson relating the Mission to the area around Colonia and
rivalry with the Portuguese.
- The Population of San Lorenzo Martir Mission, 1690-1827 This RH Jackson essay examines the
evolution of the population of San Lorenzo Martir mission, established
at a site east of the Uruguay River in 1690, and the consequences of the
Guarani living on the mission of a series of mortality crises in the
Jesuit missions of Paraguay between 1730 and 1740 that is well
documented in contemporary censuses
Paraguay
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Population of the Jesuit Missions of Paraguay Graphical presentation of the
population of the Paraguay Missions. very clear and thorough.
By R H Jackson.
Powerpoint presentation but does not
require a Reader. Massive so
takes a little time to download
- A Survey of Demographic Patterns in the Jesuit Missions of Paraguay
Article
by RH Jackson. well documented with researched data.
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Mortality Crises in the Jesuit Missions of
Paraguay, 1730-1740 RH Jackson
This essay
examines a series of mortality crises in the Jesuit missions of Paraguay
between 1730 and 1740 that is well documented in contemporary documents.
Three epidemics spread through the missions in 1733, 1735-1736, and
1738-1740.
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Jesus
de Tavarangue: Jesuit Missions in Paraguay Paraguay Jesuit Mission
established 1685 with population from another older mission.
Population data, images of mission today.
By R H Jackson.
Powerpoint presentation
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San Cosme
y Damian Mission (click to download a fuller version:
San Cosme y
Damian.
Pictures, ground plans, brief text. Powerpoint
presentation
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San Miguel Mission to the Guarani
RH
Jackson. Powerpoint presentations.
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San Juan
Bautista: Jesuit Mission to the Guarani
R H Jackson introduces this
powerpoint with: "The
Jesuits expanded their mission frontier in the Rio de la Plata region by
moving existing missions to sites east of the Uruguay River, and by
establishing new missions. In order to facilitate the rapid development of
the new missions, the Jesuits relocated thousands of Guarani from existing
missions. In 1697, the Jesuits established San Juan Bautista with (Guarani)
transferred from San Miguel."
Brief historical
outline of the Paraguay mission. Population data, images of mission today.
Powerpoint presentation.
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3. Mission
settlement by region:
d. Bolivia
and Peru
Bolivia
Peru
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Santa Catalina Convent, Arequipa Established in the 16th century,
Santa Catalina convent is perhaps the largest such institution in the
world. It was a haven for daughters of the local elite, who lived a
pampered if isolated life.
(Beautiful) images of the convent. Illustrated with contemporary pictures,
modern images and data. By R H Jackson.
Powerpoint pdf file.
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3. Mission
settlement by region:
e. New Spain (Mexico)
  Colonial
Mexico Please see the extensive casahistoria
site
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