Companhia de Jesus no Brasil de Filipe II: a atuação jesuítica junto aos colonos para a manutenção do ordenamento social e entronização da casa de Habsburgo no Brasil (1580-1598)

Abstract

This master’s thesis works with the changes happening at Colonial Brazil between 1580-1597 during the Iberian Union. The missionary activity of the Society of Jesus among the politics of the Spanish Crown dictated new dynamics to Colonial Brazil. Since the government of the Portuguese Crown, missionaries and governors-general made proposes to initiate the social ordering in Brazil. In this sense, it is understood the Jesuit action with the settlers for the enthronement of the Habsburg House in Brazil. The Society of Jesus had specific experiences for effective implementations of policies of interest to the Spanish monarch. Based on the letters, theatrical plays and Jesuitical normative documents we comprehend the Society of Jesus joined the political forces for expansion missions and territorial pacification. In addition, it played the job of instigating the Catholic moralization and maintenance of the subjects of Philip II. The religious and political actions undertaken were necessary measures to maintain the colonization during the House of Habsburg government in Colonial Brazil. The results obtained in this research were used for the development of an educational object on the Iberian Union theme.