REVISITANDO O ESTADO DA ÍNDIA NOS ANOS DE 1571 A 1577從1571年到1577 年多次訪問印度
This article revisits the evolution of the Estado da Índia between 1571 and 1577, proposing a reinterpretation of the “second phase” of the crisis of 1565–1575, often closed by historiography in 1575 with the loss of Ternate. Proceeding from the observation that knowledge of the period has remained...
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| Published in: | Review of Culture |
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Instituto Cultural de Macau
October 2010
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| Online Access: | https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40036/3299 |
| Summary: | This article revisits the evolution of the Estado da Índia between 1571 and 1577, proposing a reinterpretation of the “second phase” of the crisis of 1565–1575, often closed by historiography in 1575 with the loss of Ternate. Proceeding from the observation that knowledge of the period has remained excessively dependent on the account of Diogo do Couto (namely the *Década IX*), the author articulates historiographical reading with prospecting in available manuscript documentation and, above all, with the exploration of Jesuit correspondence, mobilised to reconstruct political decisions, administrative hierarchies, and implications for overseas governance. The analysis questions, in particular, the meanings of the tripartition of the Estado da Índia in 1571: more than a mere sign of decline, it is suggested that the division relates to mechanisms of containment and reorganisation of power in a context of instability, including the autonomisation of Malacca. It concludes that the end of the crisis must be displaced temporally and interpretatively beyond 1575, articulating the loss of Ternate with subsequent strategic responses and with the reordering of governance conditions that would culminate, at different rhythms, in the final years of the decade. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1106 |