Fecha de recepción: 15/03/2014 Fecha de aceptación: 14/06/2014 resumen Este artículo analiza la Conquista Espiritual do Oriente de Fr. Paulo da Trindade, obra mayor de la cronística franciscana portuguesa, escrita en Goa en la década de 1630. El objetivo principal de la investigación reside en identificar cómo se articularon los aspectos espaciales y temporales en la narrativa de Trindade, especialmente en los capítulos relativos a Ceilán, que son una pieza central en la economía simbólica del texto y de la propia orden seráfica en Oriente. Una lectura de esta naturaleza revela una primacía absoluta del tiempo y una ausencia casi total del espacio como elementos estructurantes de la narrativa de Trindade. Se sostiene que esta preferencia cobra todo su sentido en el contexto de las luchas seráfico-ignacianas que tuvieron lugar en Asia meridional durante el siglo XVII. Con todo, queda por aclarar en qué medida la estrategia de Trindade responde verdaderamente a parámetros típicos de la cronística franciscana en general. Palabras clave: Cronística franciscana y jesuítica, Ceilán (Sri Lanka), espacio, tiempo, escritura cartográfica, luchas religiosas Space subjected to time in Franciscan chronicle writing: revisiting the Conquista Espiritual do Oriente of Fr. Paulo da Trindade abstract This article explores the Conquista Espiritual do Oriente of Fr. Paulo da Trindade, a major Franciscan chronicle written in Goa in the 1630s. The main focus is on an examination of the articulation between spatial and temporal aspects of the narrative, especially in the chapters describing Ceylon, which constitute a central piece in the symbolic economy of the text and of the Franciscan order as such in the East.A close reading reveals the absolute dominance of time over space and the complete absence of the latter as a structuring element of the narrative. It is argued that this choice makes full sense in the context of the struggles that opposed the Franciscans to the Jesuits in South Asia during the seventeenth century.
Th is article compares the urban structures of early modern Colombo and Cannanore, two South Asian port cities controlled by the Portuguese during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and taken over by the Dutch in 1656 and 1663. It is argued that, whereas Cannanore was an urban complex marked by a set of walls that separated ethnically and religiously distinct neighborhoods, Colombo, less infl uenced by regulations emanating from Lisbon and Goa and more exposed to local politics in an unusual historical and military context, developed into a more integrated city surrounded by a single external wall. Although, after the Dutch takeover, Cannanore's urban structure did not change much, Colombo's, on the other hand, was entirely transformed. Th ese contrasts draw our attention to the complexity of urban developments in the colonial contexts of South Asia between 1500 and 1700.Cet article compare les structures urbaines, à l'époque moderne, de Colombo et de Cannanore, deux villes portuaires sud-asiatiques contrôlées par les Portugais aux XVI e -XVII e siècles puis, à partir de 1656 et 1663 respectivement, par les Hollandais. Tandis que Cannanore était un complexe urbain marqué par des murs séparant les uns des autres les quartiers habités par des groupes ethniques et religieux diff érent, Colombo, moins infl uencée par les régulations issues de Lisbonne et de Goa et plus exposée aux infl uences politiques locales dans un contexte historique et militaire particulier, devint une ville plus intégrative encadrée par une seule ligne de remparts. Après la conquête hollandaise, les structures urbaines furent peu altérées à Cannanore, mais entièrement transformée à Colombo en vue d'une organisation ségrégative de l'espace. Ces attitudes contrastées servent à nous alerter sur la complexité des développements urbains dans les contextes coloniaux d'Asie du Sud entre 1500 et 1700.
Th is article deals with roughly the fi rst hundred years of Portuguese expansion in Sri Lanka (1506-1600), the local "reactions" to it, and how the interaction was changed when the Portuguese Crown fell to the Habsburgs in 1580. It analyzes how Portuguese and Sri Lankan notions of kingship, authority and Empire were included in a dialog that indicates the existence of commonalities in the fi eld of political culture. Th e imperial projects of Portugal and the Sri Lankan kingdom of Kotte, so it seems, had a potential for mutual accommodation, although some misunderstandings remained inevitable. Th e argument then moves to the transformations that occurred in the 1580's-90's, when a new policy of territorial conquest was put into practice by the Portuguese authorities. It is argued that this change of policy had to do with the Iberian Union of Crowns, although Spanish infl uence on Portuguese imperial policy in Asia was not linear. Crucially, another set of factors has to be sought in the Sri Lankan political landscape.
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