Creolization and diaspora in the Portuguese Indies : the social world of Ayutthaya, 1640-1720 / by Stefan Halikowski Smith.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book provides an original study of the sizeable Portuguese community in Ayutthaya, the chief river-state in Siam, during a period of apparent decline (1640-1720). Portuguese populations were displaced from their chief settlements like Melaka and Makassar, and attracted to the river-states of mainland South-East Asia by a protective model of kingship, hopes of international trade and the opportunity to harvest souls. A variety of sources will be used to shed light on the fortunes and make-up of this displaced, mixed-race 'tribe', which was largely independent of the matrices of Portuguese colonial power, and fared poorly alongside other foreign communities in this remarkably open, dynamic environment. Circumstances changed for the better after the National Revolution of 1688, when Portuguese started to fill many of the jobs at court and in commerce previously occupied by Frenchmen and northern Europeans.

Preliminary Material -- Chapter One Introduction: a world of creolization -- Chapter Two Seventeenth century population movements in the Portuguese Indies -- Chapter Three No obvious home: the flight of the Portuguese 'tribe' from Makassar in the 1660s -- Chapter Four From contact to settlement in South-East Asia: a history of mercenaries and interlopers -- Chapter Five 'O campo português'. The Portuguese quarter in Ayutthaya in the wake of the Makassarese diaspora -- Chapter Six The development of the presence of the Catholic church in Ayutthaya -- Chapter Seven 'Those who occupy the lowest category here'. The social relegation, but survival, of the Portuguese 'tribe' -- Chapter Eight 'Living great after the fashion of the country'. Comparisons with Portuguese in neighboring kingdoms -- Chapter Nine Unpublished depictions of Portuguese in Thai and Burmese temple murals -- Chapter Ten 'All that the French Bishops wish is to see us leave'. Religious disputes in South-East Asia between Portuguese Jesuits and French Missionaires Étrangères de Paris -- Chapter Eleven Conclusion --

Appendix 1. Holdings of the collection entitled "Rerum Lusitanicarum-Symmicta Lusitanica" relating to Siam, Biblioteca de Ajuda, Lisbon. -- Appendix 2. Holdings of the collection entitled 'Jesuítas na Ásia' relating to Siam, Biblioteca de Ajuda, Lisbon. -- Appendix 3. Holdings of the collection entitled 'Macau e o Oriente' relating to Siam in the Biblioteca da Ajuda, Lisbon. -- Appendix 4. List of documents in the Arquivo Histórico de Macau relating to Siam. -- Appendix 5. The papers of the Franciscan, Giovan Battista Morelli, relating to Siam, in the Archivio di Stato di Firenze. -- Appendix 6. Instructions (Regimento) to Francisco Cutrim de Magalhães, emissary to the King of Siam, Goa, 3 August 1646 [excerpts]. -- Appendix 7. Letter from the Viceroy D. Filipe de Mascarenhas to the King D. John IV. -- Appendix 8. Correspondence between the King, the Viceroy and the Conselho Ultramarino relating to Siam, 1667-1670. -- Appendix 9. Letter from Fr. Luis Fragoso, Commissary of the Holy Office, to D. Pedro Prince Regent, Sião, January 19, 1674. -- Appendix 10. A Memorandum from the Conselho Ultramarino entitled 'As to what Frey Luis Fragoso, Commissary of the Holy Office in Siam, writes, relating to the molestations that are caused in those parts of Christendom by the French bishops who came from Rome as Missionaries Apostolic.' -- Appendix 11. Oath of Loyalty sworn by the Society of Jesus, Siam, 10 October, 1681. -- Appendix 12. Letter of Jean-Baptiste Maldonado S.J. to one of the assistants to General Gian Paolo Oliva from Siam, dated 16 November, 1681. -- Appendix 13. Letter from Jean-Baptiste Maldonado, representing the Company of Jesus in Siam, to François Pallu, Bishop of Heliopolis, 22 August, 1682. -- Appendix 14. Copy of a letter of Padre Manuel Soares of the Company of Jesus, Superior of the Residence of Siam, written to the Count of Alvor Viceroy and Captain General of India. Sião, 24 June 1684. -- Appendix 15. 'News from the Kingdom of Siam'. A Report made from Macao at the end of 1688. -- Appendix 16. Deliberations of the Senate in Macao regarding action to take with regard to the Siamese Revolution, 17 November 1688 -- Appendix 17. Memorandum of the Conselho Ultramarino regarding what the Viceroy Count of Vila Verde had to say about the events in Siam, Lisbon, September 12, 1696. -- Appendix 18. Letter written by the City [of Macao] to the Phrakhlang of Siam in the year 1720. -- Appendix 19. ‘Letter sent by Padre António Soares to the Senate of the City of Macao’. 20 June, 1721. -- Appendix 20. ‘Letter sent by the Resident Francisco Telles from Siam to the Noble Senate.’ 28 June, 1721. -- Appendix 21. ‘Letter that the Barcalão of Siam sent to the Senate’. Macao, June 1721.

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