Missions on the frontiers of Spanish America: Comparative analysis

2025-02-27 Classification：Religion Click()
Author：Jackson, RH

Article Title：Missions on the frontiers of Spanish America: Comparative analysis

Abstract：
The Spanish Crown constructed a colonial system in the Americas based on the exploitation of the indigenous populations. This colonial system worked well sedentary populations that practiced agriculture, and that had governments that exercised central control. On the frontiers of the empire, the Spaniards encountered populations that were not sedentary, and developed the mission system where missionaries from various Catholic orders such as the Franciscans and the Jesuits attempted to change the social structure and religion of the indigenous neophytes. This essay offers a comparative analysis of missions in northern Mexico during the colonial period, and in Paraguay.

Keywords: missions; Paraguay; New Spain

DOI: 10.15448/1980-864X.2003.2.24018

Source：ESTUDOS IBERO-AMERICANOS

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