"Multiplex est modus": elements of accommodation in the early Jesuit missions to India, 1545-1575

Thesis

My project explores the methodologies of missionaries of the Society of Jesus in southern India between Francis Xavier's arrival in 1542 and the policy reforms under Alessandro Valignano in 1575, investigating the presence of cultural accommodation within the attitudes and decisions of various Jesuits. During the three decades between the Society’s foundation and Valignano’s arrival in India, Jesuits faced a number of issues both internally and externally, suggesting an organization prone ...

Expand abstract

Authors: Blankemeyer, BT

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Portuguese India; global history; early modern history; cultural accommodation; Jesuit missions; conversos; Society of Jesus
• Subjects: Catholic Church--Missions--India; South Asia--History; Early modern, 1500-1700