Manifiesto de Miguel Vargas Machuca...Examen Necessario., 01/01/1737-01/01/1742

File — Box: 1, Folder: 22

Identifier: 35341

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

01/01/1737-01/01/1742

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

70 AMs sheets bound consisting of 2 documents. The first document (7 sheets) is a Manifiesto by P. Miguel Vargas Machuca, a Redemptorist, which gives an anti-Jesuit version of the uprisings in Paraguay. The second document (63 sheets) is an Examen, or refutation, of the first document by an unknown author, which rehashes the events in Paraguay over the past 100 years beginning with Bishop Bernardino de Cardenas. The second document is pro-Jesuit and critiques the Manifiesto on historical, theological, moral, scriptural and even grammatical accuracy, with long sections on crimes committed against Jesuits and the Guaranies. Both documents are written in very high literary style, with numerous quotes from scriptures and Church doctrines. Relatively few individuals are mentioned by name in the documents, with a majority of the text being rhetoric. References to the following: Fray Diego Jimenez Arias, Diego de los Reyes Valmaceda, Joseph Antequera y Castro, Diego Morcillo Rubio de Anon, Balthasar Garcia Ros, Bruno Mauricio de Zavala, Bernardino de Cardenas, Francisco Diastano, S.J., Martin de Barua, Mathias Angles y Gortari, the Marques de Castelfuerte, Ignacio de Soroeta, Julio de Solarzano, Joseph Gomez, S.J., Segismundo de Aperger, S.J., Sebastian de Leon, Carlos Borromeo, Pedro Lascambru, S.J., Joseph Serreno, S.J., Francisco Hestarez Alarin, Lauro Nunez, the Marques de San Pedro, Fernando de Mompo y Zayas, Andres de Leon Garavito, Diego Cargalas Cabras, Matias de Encinas, Alfonso Remon, Juan Diaz Marquez, Fray Silvestre de Saavedra, Antonio de Ribera, S.J., Laureano Sobrino, S.J., Pedro Paulaza, Gaspar Sobrino, S.J., Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, S.J., Melchor Maldano y Saavedra and Luis Bolanos. References to the Tapes and the Payaguas.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

INDIANS - WORK CONDITIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

JIMINEZ ARIAS, FRAY DIEGO - REFERENCE: Other Types

TAPES - RELATIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

ANTEQUERA Y CASTRO, JOSEPH DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

DIAZ MARQUEZ, JUAN - REFERENCE: Other Types

PAYAGUAS - RELATIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

REMON, ALFONSO - REFERENCE: Other Types

GARCIA ROS, BALTHASAR - REFERENCE: Other Types

ENCINAS, MATIAS DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

CARDENAS, FRAY BERNARDINO DE, BISHOP - REFERENCE: Other Types

CARGALAS CABRAS, DIEGO - REFERENCE: Other Types

BARUA, MARTIN DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

LEON Y GARAVITO, ANDRES DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

CASTELFUERTE, MARQUES DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

MOMPO Y ZAYAS, FERNANDO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

SOLARZANO, JULIO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

SAN PEDRO, MARQUES DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

RUIZ DE MONTOYA, ANTONIO, S.J. - REFERENCE: Other Types

NUNEZ, LAURO - REFERENCE: Other Types

BOLANOS, LUIS, S.J. - REFERENCE: Other Types

HESTAREZ ALARIN, FRANCISCO - REFERENCE: Other Types

MORCILLO RUBIO DE ANON, DIEGO, BISHOP - REFERENCE: Other Types

SOBRINO, GASPAR, S.J. - REFERENCE: Other Types

ZAVALA, BRUNO MAURICIO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

PAULAZA, PEDRO - REFERENCE: Other Types

ANGLES Y GORTARI, MATHIAS - REFERENCE: Other Types

SOBRINO, LAUREANO, S.J. - REFERENCE: Other Types

GOMEZ, JOSEPH DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

SERRENO, JOSEPH, S.J. - REFERENCE: Other Types

SAAVEDRA, FRAY SILVESTRE DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

DIASTANO, FRANCISCO - REFERENCE: Other Types

SOROETA, IGNACIO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

MALDONADO Y SAAVEDRA, FRAY MELCHOR, BISHOP - REFERENCE: Other Types

GUARANIS - RELATIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

LASCAMBRU, PEDRO, S.J. - REFERENCE: Other Types

BORROMEO, CARLOS - REFERENCE: Other Types

LEON, SEBASTIAN DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

VARGAS MACHUCA, MIGUEL - DOCUMENT: Other Types

APERGER, SEGISMUNDO DE, S.J. - REFERENCE: Other Types

REYES VALMECEDA, DIEGO DE LOS - REFERENCE: Other Types

PARAGUAY -JESUIT ACTIVITIES: Other Types