The Impact of Luther and the Reformation in the Portuguese Seaborne Empire: Asia and Brasil (1520-1580)

This article assesses how Lutheran and other Reformation doctrines spread and were countered in the Portuguese seaborne empire. Portugal’s inquisitorial and episcopal repression of ‘Lutherans’ was extended to Brazil and Asia, where it was supported by the Society of Jesus. The Portuguese empire’s tr...

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Main Author: Paiva, José Pedro (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/86877
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/86877