Catholics and Non-Christians in the Archbishopric of Goa: Provincial Councils, Conversion, and Local Dynamics in the Production of Norms (16th–18th Centuries)

In 1567, the First Provincial Council of Goa was held in the city that became the seat of the homonymous Archbishopric and capital of the Portuguese conquests located in Asia. Within the scope of the Portuguese overseas empire, the Provincial Councils of Goa stand out for the relative regularity wit...

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1. Verfasser: Patricia Souza de Faria
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Zusammenfassung:In 1567, the First Provincial Council of Goa was held in the city that became the seat of the homonymous Archbishopric and capital of the Portuguese conquests located in Asia. Within the scope of the Portuguese overseas empire, the Provincial Councils of Goa stand out for the relative regularity with which they were held, totaling five councils celebrated between 1567 and 1606, and for their role in the production of ecclesiastical legislation to be applied in territories and societies as diverse as those under the jurisdiction of the Archbishopric of Goa. This chapter analyzes how the relationship between Catholics and