Problem of (proto)National/Ethnic/Regional Identities of Jesuit Missionaries from Central Europe in America

Abstract

Analysis of identities avowed and perceived by the Jesuit missionaries from Central Europe (German Assitance) active in Spanish colonies in America in the 17th to 18th century, based on archival and printed sources produced by the Society of Jesus.

Keywords

• Society of Jesus
• missions
• America
• Spanish colonies
• Central Europe
• identity
• 17th-18th century