O espólio bibliográfico de um convento mercedário no século XVIII: livros e educação na região amazônica

Abstract

The master's thesis we present is part of the Postgraduate Program in Education – Training Processes and Social Inequalities and is associated with the line of research Teacher Training, History, Memory and Educational Practices and the Seraphicus Research Group. Its objective is to analyze the bibliographical collection recorded in the Inventory of assets sequestered from the extinct Mercedarian religious in the Captaincy of Pará, referring to the Convent of Belém, on the occasion of the expulsion of the members of the Order of Mercês from the Province of Grão-Pará, which took place in 1794. The convent of Belém, founded in 1640, was an important center for Mercedarian training and its friars gained recognition for their great intellectual preparation for teaching and promoting literate culture in that region. In this regard, the conventual library gains importance, not only for the number of books, but also for the variety and richness of its collection. The study of the bibliographic collection helps to understand how the books supported the missionary functions of preaching, healing souls, training and teaching carried out by members of the Mercedarian Order in the Amazon.