Religion and empire in Portuguese India : conversion, resistance, and the making of Goa /
Angela Barreto Xavier.
- Ranikhet: Permanent black, 2022.
- xxiii, 407 p. ; 23 cm.
"Religion and Empire in Portuguese India: Conversion, Resistance, and the Making of Goa by Ângela Barreto Xavier was first published by Permanent Black D-28 Oxford Apts, 11 IP Extension, Delhi 110092 India, for the territory of South Asia." "This book is a shortened version of A invenção de Goa : poder imperial e conversões culturais nos séculos XVI e XVII, published in Lisbon in 2008 by Imprensa de Ciências Sociais."--Page [vii].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reform in the kingdom, reform in the empire -- Designing conversion -- New temples and new priests : the establishment of religious orders in Goan villages -- Tools of Christianisation : shaping memory, understanding, and will -- Initial moves : discontent, resistance, acquiescence -- The martyrs of Cuncolim and other episodes of resistance -- The defence of the "genuine nobility" : conflicts of memory, identity, and power.
"Examines the colonisation of Goa in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the durability of Portuguese rule"--
9781438489117
Anti-imperialist movements--History.--India--Goa, Daman and Diu
Goa, Daman and Diu (India)--Religious life and customs. Goa, Daman and Diu (India)--Church history. Goa, Daman and Diu (India)--Civilization--16th century. Goa, Daman and Diu (India)--Civilization--17th century. Portugal--Colonies--Administration--History.--Asia