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SANGENIS, Luiz Fernando Conde  e  ANDRADE, Lucia Maria Gonçalves de. On the pretext of a conventual amazonian library: books, education, and the mercedarian presence in Belém of Grão-Pará in the 17th and 18th centuries. Acta Educ. [online]. 2024, vol.46, n.1, e65622.  Epub 01-Dez-2024. ISSN 2178-5201.  https://doi.org/10.4025/actascieduc.v46i1.65622.

Mercedaries arrived in the Amazon in 1639, and the following year they founded their first convent in Belém in the independent state of Grão-Pará and Maranhão, at the end of the period of the Iberian Union (1580-1640). Coming from Quito, in the Viceroyalty of Peru, they accompanied Pedro Teixeira's return expedition, across the Amazon River, after the Portuguese had undertaken the ascent and exploration of the river, from Belém to Ecuador. They made an important contribution to the foundation of Belém and to the development of the Amazon region. The convent, an architectural landmark in the city, was an important training center for the Order of Mercy and its friars gained recognition for their intellectual preparation for the exercise of teaching and the promotion of literate culture. The convent library was notable not only for the number of books, but also for the variety and richness of its collection. Nothing remains of it except the information recorded in the Inventory of goods seized from the extinct mercedarian religious in the Captaincy of Pará, a manuscript in the custody of the National Archives, which was produced in 1794, when the mercedarians were expelled from Belém. The study of the bibliographic collection helps to understand how the books supported the missionary and educational functions performed by the members of the Mercedary Order in the Amazon.

Palavras-chave : mercedarians; Grão-Pará and Maranhão; history of colonial education; conventual library.

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