The history of the early modern Catholic missions to Asia provides an excellent vantage point to asses the relation between evangelization and colonialism. If the European expansion was an essential pre-condition for the creation of substantial Catholic communities in
that continent, nonetheless the neophytes did not coincide for most of the…[Read more]

The history of the early modern Catholic missions to Asia provides an excellent vantage point to asses the relation between evangelization and colonialism. If the European expansion was an essential pre-condition for the creation of substantial Catholic communities in
that continent, nonetheless the neophytes did not coincide for most of the…[Read more]

The history of the early modern Catholic missions to Asia provides an excellent vantage point to asses the relation between evangelization and colonialism. If the European expansion was an essential pre-condition for the creation of substantial Catholic communities in
that continent, nonetheless the neophytes did not coincide for most of the…[Read more]

In this article I analyse the Malabar Rites controversy in terms of spatial integration and exclusion of the subaltern castes of early modern South India. I argue that the morphology of the churches built by the Jesuits in the Madurai mission express a coherent vision of how the neophyte communities should be socially structured.

In this article I analyse the Malabar Rites controversy in terms of spatial integration and exclusion of the subaltern castes of early modern South India. I argue that the morphology of the churches built by the Jesuits in the Madurai mission express a coherent vision of how the neophyte communities should be socially structured.

In this article I analyse the Malabar Rites controversy in terms of spatial integration and exclusion of the subaltern castes of early modern South India. I argue that the morphology of the churches built by the Jesuits in the Madurai mission express a coherent vision of how the neophyte communities should be socially structured.

Missionary history has been acknowledged in recent years as a fundamental context for the emergence of European Orientalism. In particular, it is becoming clearer the specific cultural relevance of the Catholic missionaries to India, working under the Portuguese Royal Patronage (Padroado Real), depending from the Roman Congregation De Propaganda…[Read more]

Missionary history has been acknowledged in recent years as a fundamental context for the emergence of European Orientalism. In particular, it is becoming clearer the specific cultural relevance of the Catholic missionaries to India, working under the Portuguese Royal Patronage (Padroado Real), depending from the Roman Congregation De Propaganda…[Read more]

Missionary history has been acknowledged in recent years as a fundamental context for the emergence of European Orientalism. In particular, it is becoming clearer the specific cultural relevance of the Catholic missionaries to India, working under the Portuguese Royal Patronage (Padroado Real), depending from the Roman Congregation De Propaganda…[Read more]

Missionary history has been acknowledged in recent years as a fundamental context for the emergence of European Orientalism. In particular, it is becoming clearer the specific cultural relevance of the Catholic missionaries to India, working under the Portuguese Royal Patronage (Padroado Real), depending from the Roman Congregation De Propaganda…[Read more]

The persistence of caste hierarchies and discrimination among the Christian faithful is one of the challenges that churches still face in India. While several studies have been devoted to the relation between caste and Christianity since the nineteenth century, the early modern period has attracted very limited attention. This article proposes…[Read more]

The persistence of caste hierarchies and discrimination among the Christian faithful is one of the challenges that churches still face in India. While several studies have been devoted to the relation between caste and Christianity since the nineteenth century, the early modern period has attracted very limited attention. This article proposes…[Read more]

This article compares two figures that were involved in the 18th century Rites controversies, namely the Franciscan Carlo Horatii da Castorano and the Capuchin Norbert Bar-le-Duc, who respectively fought against the Chinese and the Malabar Rites. While both religious are considered crucial actors in the process that led to the issue of the Papal…[Read more]

This article compares two figures that were involved in the 18th century Rites controversies, namely the Franciscan Carlo Horatii da Castorano and the Capuchin Norbert Bar-le-Duc, who respectively fought against the Chinese and the Malabar Rites. While both religious are considered crucial actors in the process that led to the issue of the Papal…[Read more]

Scheda di approfondimento sul martirio di quattro francescani in India. Thāṇe è una citta oggi compresa nell’area metropolitana di Mumbai (Bombay). Questo martirio è particolarmente interessante sia per la sua rappresentazione da parte di Ambrogio Lorenzetti, sia per l’attestazione di una presenza cristiana siro-orientale nella costa nord…[Read more]

Scheda di approfondimento sul martirio di quattro francescani in India. Thāṇe è una citta oggi compresa nell’area metropolitana di Mumbai (Bombay). Questo martirio è particolarmente interessante sia per la sua rappresentazione da parte di Ambrogio Lorenzetti, sia per l’attestazione di una presenza cristiana siro-orientale nella costa nord…[Read more]

The purpose of this paper is to examine the notion of Frankish community – that is, the communal identity of those living within the regnum Francorum – as it emerged, developed and changed during the seventh century and into the early-eighth. This examination will focus on two historical texts, the so-called Chronicle of Fredegar, composed c.6…[Read more]

Early Carolingian authors appear to have been acutely aware of ethnic and regional identities, and the sources of the late-eighth and early-ninth centuries contain many references to non-Franks. These ethnic terms alone, however, do not imply a sense of ‘otherness’. The incorporation of these non-Frankish peripheral peoples into a consolidated Fra…[Read more]