Religious Tensions in the Dutch Brazil ; Tensões Religiosas no Brasil Holandês

Formed in 1621, the West India Company (WIC) occupied the northeastern of Brazil, the region that produced sugar. Featuring mixed investments, the company would have been conceived by Calvinists who fled from Belgium because of religious persecution that occurred in that country. In Amsterdam, the capital of the province of Holland, those Calvinists made an association with merchants who wanted to trade spices in the New World. Since 1599, in the context of the Iberian Union, ports in the sugar region were closed by the Crown of Castile in order to block the Dutch (enemies of Castile) from the... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Santos, Thiago Cavalcante dos
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Verlag/Hrsg.: Universidade Cesumar - UniCesumar
Schlagwörter: Calvinists / Jewish / Dutch / Calvinistas / Judeus / Neerlandês
Sprache: Portuguese
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Formed in 1621, the West India Company (WIC) occupied the northeastern of Brazil, the region that produced sugar. Featuring mixed investments, the company would have been conceived by Calvinists who fled from Belgium because of religious persecution that occurred in that country. In Amsterdam, the capital of the province of Holland, those Calvinists made an association with merchants who wanted to trade spices in the New World. Since 1599, in the context of the Iberian Union, ports in the sugar region were closed by the Crown of Castile in order to block the Dutch (enemies of Castile) from the lucrative spice found there. The alliance between Belgian and merchants was strengthened with the approach and encouragement of the Jewish community of Amsterdam. Short time after its creation, the company would set forth to the conquest of the Portuguese America and begin a new cycle in the colonial history of the Americas. ; Formada em 1621, a Companhia das Índias Ocidentais (CIO), foi a empresa responsável pela ocupação no nordeste açucareiro. Contando com investimentos mistos, a empresa teria sido idealizada por calvinistas que fugiram da Bélgica em virtude das perseguições religiosas ocorridas naquele país. Em Amsterdã, capital da província da Holanda, tais calvinistas associaram-se a mercadores que desejavam fazer o comércio das especiarias no Novo Mundo. Desde 1599, no contexto da União Ibérica, os portos da região açucareira foram fechados pela Coroa de Castela com o intuito de vedar o acesso dos neerlandeses (inimigos de Castela) à lucrativa especiaria encontrada ali. A aliança dada entre belgas e mercadores foi fortalecida com a aproximação e incentivo da comunidade judaica de Amsterdã. Em pouco tempo de criação, a empresa partiria para a conquista da América Portuguesa, e iniciaria um novo ciclo na história colonial das Américas.