Religion and Empire in Portuguese India - Conversion, Resistance, and the Making of Goa

Examines the colonization of Goa in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the durability of Portuguese rule.

About the author

Ângela Barreto Xavier is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon in Portugal. Her previous books include Catholic Orientalism: Portuguese Empire, Indian Knowledge (16th-18th Centuries) (coauthored with Ines G. Zupanov).

Product details

• Authors: Angela Barreto Xavier, Ângela Barreto Xavier, Angela Barreto Xavier
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2022
• EAN: 9781438489124
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-8912-4
• No. of pages: 431
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, Spain, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Christianity / History, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, Christianity, General & world history, History of Religion, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Asian History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, HISTORY / Asia / South / General, HISTORY / Europe / Spain