Conflitos entre frades de Santo Antão e o poder secular na Junta das Missões do Grão-Pará (primeira metade do século XVIII)

Abstract

This article looks at the Franciscan action in colonial state of Grão-Pará, precisely in the first four decades of the 18^th century, a context where religious missions among the Indian nations reached its zenith. The focus is on performance of friars of Santo António – one of the Franciscan provinces in colony – within the Junta das Missões, the tribunal responsible for the conduct and management of Indian policy designed by the Portuguese crown.