Os Jesuítas e a ocupação do espaço platino nos séculos XVII e XVIII.

Abstract

The region known as «Región Platina» was taken over by Europeans rather late in comparison to other areas in South America, as in the case of the Peruvian Andes. The occupation of Región Platina underwent a unique process due to several factors such as: the distance from the power centers in the Vice Kingdom of Peru, the lack of economic and human resources needed to explore and conquer, and above all, the lack of immediate economic rewards. This article 1 Programa de Pós-Graduação em História-Área História Iberoamericana da PUCRS. Bolsista CAPES-Brasília, Brasil-Programa Sandwich, 02/2000-09/2000, UCM-Madrid, Espanha. 93 Arthur H.F. Barcelos Os Jesuítas e a ocupação do espaço platino nos séculos XVII e XVIII discusses the strategies used to conquer the area and analyzes the role which played religious ordinations in leading territorial occupations in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, in this case focusing on «La Compañía de Jesús».