Black robes in Paraguay : the success of the Guaraní missions hastened the abolition of the Jesuits /

Black robes in Paraguay : the success of the Guaraní missions hastened the abolition of the Jesuits /

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Author / Creator:Jaenike, William F.
Imprint:Minneapolis, Minn. : Kirk House, c2008.
Description:356 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Jesuits -- Paraguay -- History.
Jesuits.
Guarani Indians -- Missions -- Paraguay -- History.
Missionaries -- Paraguay -- History.
Guarani Indians -- Missions.
Missionaries.
Paraguay.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7715168
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ISBN:9781933794044 (pbk. :alk. paper)
1933794046 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781933794105
1933794100
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-331) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • The Jesuits-The European Monarchs-The Guaraní-The Missions-The Jesuits Finally Expelled and Abolished-The Politically Correct View
  • Foreword
  • Chronology of Events
  • Part 1. The Scene in South America; the Jesuits' Founding
  • Chapter 1. Why the Europeans Went to the Land of the Guaraní
  • Chapter 2. Who Were These Jesuits?
  • Chapter 3. Who Were the Guaraní Before the Europeans Invaded?
  • Chapter 4. Portuguese Defeat French and Dutch in Brazil, Introduce Slavery
  • Chapter 5. Jesuit Missionaries Find Danger at Every Turn
  • Chapter 6. Spain Begins to Settle Paraguay
  • Chapter 7. Spain Occupies Paraguay: The Middle Years (1537-1630)
  • Chapter 8. What the Jesuit Missions Were Like
  • Chapter 9. Slave Hunters Invade the Guayrá Desperate Guaraní Escape (1630)
  • Chapter 10. Guaraní and Jesuits Fight Back, Savage Battle at Mbororé
  • Photographs
  • Chapter 11. A Rapscallion Bishop Persecutes the Jesuits for 125 Years
  • Chapter 12. Jesuit Republic's Golden Years of Prosperity and Growth (1651-1721), Then Civil War and a Communist Revolt (1721-1736)
  • Chapter 13. Spain and Portugal Try to Resolve Their Paraguay Dispute, Treaty of Madrid and the Guaraní War, The Beginning of the End
  • Part 2. Jesuits Are Expelled from Europe and South America
  • Chapter 14. Portugal's Jesuits-The First to Fall
  • Chapter 15. The Enlightenment Overwhelms France's Jesuits, They Fall
  • Chapter 16. Spain Turns on Her Favorite Sons-The Main Event
  • Chapter 17. Jesuits Expelled from Paraguay and Brazil
  • Part 3. Pope Abolishes Jesuit Order Forever; It Is Rescued and Reestablished
  • Chapter 18. Pope Abolishes the Society of Jesus
  • Chapter 19. Frederick and Catherine: The Great "Heretics" Rescue the Jesuits
  • Epilogue Pius VII Reestablishes the Society of Jesus Worldwide; an Emotional Aftermath
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Index

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