Eastern missions ( Spanish Misiones Orientales , Spanish pronunciation: [miˈsjones oɾjenˈtales] ; also Sete Povos das Missões / Siete Pueblos de las Misiones ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɛtʃi ˈpɔvuz dɐz miˈsõjs] , Seven Common Names of the Seven Missions ) - Jesuits in the XVII-XVIII centuries. on the east bank of the Uruguay River , in the modern state of Rio Grande do Sul in southwestern Brazil.
History
Seven eastern missions arose as part of the construction of Jesuit reductions in the Paraguayan province of the Jesuit Order between 1609 and 1756.
From the time of the construction of the first reduction in 1609 until the end of the 18th century, the formation of the Jesuits, according to some historians, was a social republican state in which a social justice regime was established. The Spanish king was only the formal owner of these territories. Oriental missions existed as an almost completely independent territory, which was ruled by members of the monastic order of the Jesuits.
In 1750, after the Madrid Treaty, the territory of the Eastern missions passed to Portugal , seven reductions were to be dismantled and transferred to the Spanish bank of the Uruguay River . Guarani , who lived in this territory, refused to relocate, which led to a war of seven reductions , in which the combined forces of Spain and Portugal defeated.
In 1777, after the First Treaty in San Ildefonso, the territory of the Eastern missions returned to Spain. In 1801, after the Badajoz Peace Treaty, it again went to Portugal. The territory of the Eastern missions became part of Brazil after the declaration of independence from Portugal in 1822.
Reduction List
- Santo Angelo ;
- San Francisco de Borja ;
- San Lorenzo Martir;
- San Luis Gonzaga;
- San Miguel ;
- San Nicholas
- San Juan Bautista.