The double marginality of José de Acosta: religion and sovereignity at the Viceroyalt y of Peru (sixteenth century)

Authors

  • Victor Santos Vigneron de La Jousselandière Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9141.v0i164p101-125

Keywords:

José de Acosta, religion, sovereignty

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to reflect on the status given to non European otherness in the work of the castilian Jesuit José de Acosta. This analyzes allow us to highlight some uses of "religion" as a tool for understanding the natives; furthermore, it aims at emphasizing the link between the evangelizing project and the instituition of a Castilian sovereignty over the vice royalty of Peru, in the second half of sixteenth century

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Published

2011-06-30

How to Cite

JOUSSELANDIÈRE, Victor Santos Vigneron de La. The double marginality of José de Acosta: religion and sovereignity at the Viceroyalt y of Peru (sixteenth century) . Revista de História, São Paulo, n. 164, p. 101–125, 2011. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.v0i164p101-125. Disponível em: https://www.journals.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/19190.. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.