EVENT INFORMATION

26
Juli
1596

Jesuits receive formal authority over Indigenous administration

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📅 26 Juli 1596 📍 Brazilië

On 26 July 1596, the Crown transferred administration of Indigenous peoples in Brazil to the Jesuits. This measure limited settlers’ direct control in some settings while expanding missionary authority over Indigenous lives, labor, and movement. Jesuit missions were not outside colonial power: they served conversion and settlement, and could organize Indigenous labor for mission economies. Indigenous people navigated competing claims by settlers, church authorities, and the Crown.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Indigenous peoples

Jesuit missionaries

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Society of Jesus

Portuguese Crown