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Author:- Based on a wide range of published sources, archival material and
field data this book is an in-depth study of the Portuguese missions and
missionaries in the Tamil coast and hinterland between 1519 and 1774. It brings
to light the socio-cultural interaction between the missionaries and the
natives emphasizing the role of Catholic Christianity and its various
institutions. In exciting and unexpected ways the book provides various
dimensions of change in the Tamil society, analyzes the changes in approaches,
strategies and schemes in the context of social development. It highlights the
position of the people and their conditions that were more shaped by the diverse
historical material conditions than by religion and ideology. It presents a
fresh analysis on the theme of the Portuguese contribution to Tamil language
and printing press and enriches our understanding of the Tamil Christian life
and every day practices. This work is the first to offer an overall survey of
the architectural and artistic traditions by placing them within proper
historical and cultural context. This monograph is an exemplum of the best
socio-historical and missiological study of Christianity in its analysis of
texts, socio-cultural context and sets a wide gauge for understanding the
history of the Tamil society. Jayaseela Stephen is Professor of Maritime
History and Coordinator of the UGC-Special Assistance Programme at
Visva-BHarati University, Shantiniketan. He has held teaching and research
appointments at University of Nebraska, Lincoln City, (1996), University of
Connecticut, Storrs, (2004) USA. He is also former fellow of the Ecole Franoise
d' Extreme-Orient, Paris/Pondicherry (1994-1999), editor of Revue HIstorique:
Societe de l' Histoire de Pondicherry (1995-1997), former Senior Advisor to
Tata Central Archives, Pune, (2000-2001) and Head of the Department of History
(2001-20040. he is a Member of Executive Committee in the Indian Historical
Records Commission nominated by the Government t of India. He is the author of
numerous books including The Coromandel Coast and its Hinterland: Economy,
Society and Political System, 1500-1600 (1997), Portuguese in the Tamil Coast:
Historical Explorations in Commerce and Culture, 1507-1749 (1998), Rangappa
Thiruvengadam Pillai Naatkurippu, Vol. I (1760-1768) Vol. II, 1762-1766,
(2000), The Diary of Rangappa Thiruvengadam Pillai, 1760-1768: Translated from
Original Tamil with Notes (2001), Portuguese- Tamil Grammar: Modernization and
Democratisation of Tamil (2001) and Letters of the Portuguese Jesuits from
Tamil Countryside, 1666-1668, (2001). He has also co-edited (with KS Mathew)
Indo-French Relations, (1999) and edited Trade and Globalisation: Europeans,
Americans and Indians in the Bay of Bengal, 1511-1819 (2003); Literature, Caste
and Society: The Masks and Veils (2006), Arangappa THiruvengadam Pillai
Naatkurippa from 13.6.1767 to 29.12.1769, (Vol. III, in Tamil), 2006. His
publications also include a large number of articles on socio-economic history
of Medieval South India, Maritime history of Early Modern India in various
journals and edited volumes. He won the best book prize for his book Muthu
Vijaya Thiruvengadam Pillai Naatkurippu, 1794-1796, in 1999 (in Tamil which
deals with diary writing in Tamil during the Eighteenth Century).
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Jeyaseela Stephen
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Kalpaz
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English
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406
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1st
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2008
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Hard-Cover
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