From the índio gentil to the gentil bárbaro: uses and misuses of just war in seventeenth century Bahia

Authors

  • Guida Marques Universidade Nova de Lisboa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2014.89006

Keywords:

Bahia, Portuguese Empire, sertão, Indians, representations

Abstract

This article examines the justification process of the expansion towards the hinterlands of Salvador da Bahia in the Seventeenth century. It focuses the interactions between the local and imperial dynamics, which lead to a situation of institutionalized violence against the Indian native populations.

 

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Author Biography

  • Guida Marques, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

    Bolsista de Pós-Doutoramento e investigadora integrada ao Centro de História d’Aquém e d’Além-Mar – Cham, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Published

2014-12-18

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How to Cite

MARQUES, Guida. From the índio gentil to the gentil bárbaro: uses and misuses of just war in seventeenth century Bahia. Revista de História, São Paulo, n. 171, p. 15–48, 2014. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2014.89006. Disponível em: https://www.journals.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/89006.. Acesso em: 14 may. 2024.