They Built Utopia (The Jesuit Missions In Paraguay): 1610-1768

They Built Utopia (The Jesuit Missions In Paraguay): 1610-1768

The present study, brilliantly written and scrupulously documented, examines the spiritual conquest of the southern American continent, as well as the political, historical, and social ramificacions of such a conquest. An indispensable research tool of interest to the specialist and the general reader alike.

  • Cover
  • Table of contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The Investigation
    • Chapter 1: The State Within the State
    • Chapter 2: The View from Madrid
    • Chapter 3: Beginnings
    • Chapter 4: The Enemies
    • Chapter 5: Ecclesiastic and Fiscal Problems
    • Chapter 6: The Communal System
    • Chapter 7: The Daily Life
    • Chapter 8: 'A Garden of Christianity'
    • Chapter 9: Language--Militia--Jesuit Hierarchy
    • Chapter 10: The Royal Approval
    • Notes to Part I
  • Part II: The Border Treaty Between Spain and Portugal
    • Chapter 1: The Portuguese Connection
    • Chapter 2: Seven of the Missions--Sold Out
    • Chapter 3: Don José de Carvajal, the Minister
    • Chapter 4: The King's Commissar
    • Chapter 5: The Padre Comisario General
    • Chapter 6: The Indians Resist
    • Chapter 7: The Guaraní War, First Campaign
    • Chapter 8: Madrid Accuses the Jesuits
    • Chapter 9: Don Ricardo Wall, the New Minister
    • Chapter 10: The Guaraní War, Second Campaign
    • Chapter 11: Don Pedro de Ceballos, the New Governor of Buenos Aires
    • Chapter 12: The Portuguese Double Cross
    • Chapter 13: Ceballos and the Jesuits
    • Chapter 14: The Padres' Loyalty Affirmed
    • Chapter 15: Carvalho's Final Attack
    • Chapter 16: The Expulsion from Portugal
    • Notes to Part II
  • Part III: The Expulsion from Spain
    • Chapter 1: The New King, Carlos III
    • Chapter 2: Turnabout in Paraguay
    • Chapter 3: The Expulsion from France
    • Chapter 4: Rebuilding the Missions
    • Chapter 5: Conspiracy at the Court in Madrid
    • Chapter 6: Riots in Madrid--"El Motín"
    • Chapter 7: Count Aranda Takes Charge
    • Chapter 8: Secret Investigation and Expulsion Decree
    • Chapter 9: Aranda's Private Problem
    • Chapter 10: Expulsion from Spain
    • Chapter 11: Expulsion from Paraguay
    • Epilogue
    • Notes to Part III
  • Bibliography
  • Appendices
  • Index
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