A Companion to Early Modern Catholic Global Missions

Intro -- A Companion to Early ModernCatholic Global Missions -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- The Americas -- Missionizing Mexico: Ecclesiastics, Natives, and the Spread of Christianity -- Conquering the Conquest -- Europeans in Evangelization -- Natives in Evangelization -- An Evolving Evangelization -- The Andes -- Introduction -- 1. First Evangelization in the Central Andes (1532-1583) -- 2. Trent in the Andes -- 3. Missions in the Margins -- 4. Evangelizing Indigenous Languages -- 5. Andean Catholicism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- The Missions of Paraguay: Rise, Expansion and Fall -- Mission Ethnogenesis -- The Missioned Societies -- Shamans' Power -- Indios Letrados -- Urban Structure and Daily Routine -- Ruling Through Letters -- The Final Phase -- Conclusion -- Early Modern Catholic Missions in Brazil: The Challenge of the Outsiders -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Background -- 4.3 Jesuit Missions -- 4.4 Historiography -- 4.5 Jesuit Support of Slavery and Violence Versus Jesuit Accommodation -- 4.6 Four European Powers and Their Challenge to Catholicism in Brazil -- 4.7 Atlantic and Global History and the Missions -- 4.8 Future Research -- 4.9 Conclusion -- New France -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The State of Current Research and Desiderata for Future Directions of Research -- 5.3 History of the Missions in New France -- 5.4 The Missions, the Fusion of the People, and the Expansion of French Sovereignty -- 5.5 Women Missionaries and Missionized Women -- 5.6 Conclusion -- Africa -- Catholic Missions and Local Rulers in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Catholic Kings of Kongo and its Surrounds -- 6.3 Angola: From Diplomacy to Force -- 6.4 Mutapa -- 6.5 The Bight of Benin -- 6.6 Sierra Leone to Senegal -- 6.7 Conclusion -- Islamic World