Requerimiento del Padre Miguel de Ampuero..., 03/26/1639-09/14/1639

File — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: 35320

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

The Paraguayan Jesuits Collection consists of 20 manuscript and 4 printed documents ranging in date from 1639 to about 1744. A number of the manuscripts deal with the employment of Indian laborers from the Jesuit 'reductions' on the fortification of the ports of Buenos Aires; others touch on the incursions of hostile Indians against the reductions. A major emphasis of the collection, however, is on the continuing struggle between the Jesuits and the antagonistic representatives of the Church and the Spanish government.

There are manuscripts giving detailed responses to the anti-Jesuit memorials of Diego de Villalon (envoy to Spain of Archbishop Bernardino de Cardenas) in the 1650's; rebutting the charges brought by Martin de Barua in the 1730's; and, finally, a very lengthy 'examen' of the manifesto written by the Redemptorist Miguel de Vargas Machuca, dating from about 1740 and providing in its course a rather full survey of the Jesuits' difficulties with their ecclesiastical and governmental opponents. A brief survey of the available histories indicates that previous historians may not have been aware of all but two of the documents.

Dates

03/26/1639-09/14/1639

Collection-level Access Restrictions

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Spanish; Castilian

Additional Description

Shelf Location

8/11/3F

Container Summary

2 AMs sheets consisting of a document in four parts. The first part, the most relevant, is a counter-statement by Fr. Miguel de Ampuera, Ror. (Rector?) of the College of the Society of Jesuits in Asuncion, against a paper by Francisco Ribas -Gavilan in May 1639 which denounced the reductions for their immunity in lay courts of law. The remaining three parts back up the authenticity of the statement as that of Ampuera. The document was probably put together by Fr. Diego de Boroa, Provincial of the Province of Paraguay, for whom the document is signed and a seal is affixed. References to Sebastian Ruano and Governor Don Pedro de Lugo y Navarra, Governor of Paraguay.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

ASUNCION, JESUIT COLLEGE - REFERENCE: Other Types

PARAGUAY -JESUIT ACTIVITIES: Other Types

BOROA, DIEGO DE, S.J. - DOCUMENT: Other Types

RUANO, SEBASTIAN G. - DOCUMENT: Other Types

LUGO Y NAVARRA, DON PEDRO - REFERENCE: Other Types

AMPUERA, MIGUEL DE, S.J. - DOCUMENT: Other Types

RIBAS GAVILAN, FRANCISCO - REFERENCE: Other Types