Diss.--Freiburg im Breisgau. / Bibliogr. p. 481-541.

Thesis--Paris IV, 1977. / Includes index. "Sources et ouvrages utilisés": p. xii-clxv.

Thesis--Paris IV, 1977. / Includes index. "Sources et ouvrages utilisés": p. xii-clxv.

Tesi di dottorato--Roma--Università gregoriana, 1946. / Bibliogr. p. 385-391.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Catholic University of America, 1928. / Vita. Bibliography: p. xiii-xxiv.

Durante o século XVII, uma acentuada presença de missionários capuchinhos marcou definitivamente a história da África Central. Buscamos verificar até que ponto a entrada dos capuchinhos influenciou as relações estabelecidas entre a coroa portuguesa e as autoridades locais na África Central, uma vez que estes missionários eram subordinados diretamente ao papado, por meio da Sagrada Congregação de Propaganda Fide. Dessa forma, analisamos o modo (conflituoso ou não) como os capuchinhos se relacionaram com as autoridades e população locais e com a coroa portuguesa. Por meio de relatos e correspondência dos missionários da Ordem do Frades Menores Capuchinhos, que estiveram no reino do Congo entre 1645 e 1665, período de inúmeras conversões de africanos ao cristianismo, estudamos o contexto político-social e as características deste catolicismo africano, buscando compreender como africanos e europeus adaptavam e reelaboravam a crença cristã no contexto das experiências de contato. / During the XVII century, an accentuated presence of capucin missionaries in Central Africa marked definitely its history. This work analizes the extension of the impact of the Capucin missions in the established relations between the Portuguese crown and the local authorities in Central Africa, since these missionaries were directly under the papado authority, by means of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide. In doing that, we analyze the way (conflicted or not) that the Capucins dealed with local authorities and population and with the Portuguese royal house. Through the accounts and mailing of the Order of Capucin Minor Friars missionaries, that had been in Congo kingdom between 1645 and 1665, period of countless conversions of Africans to Christianity, we examine the political-social context and the characteristics of this African Catholicism, in order to understand how Africans and Europeans adapted and reelaborated the Christian belief in the context of contact experiences.

Durante o século XVII, uma acentuada presença de missionários capuchinhos marcou definitivamente a história da África Central. Buscamos verificar até que ponto a entrada dos capuchinhos influenciou as relações estabelecidas entre a coroa portuguesa e as autoridades locais na África Central, uma vez que estes missionários eram subordinados diretamente ao papado, por meio da Sagrada Congregação de Propaganda Fide. Dessa forma, analisamos o modo (conflituoso ou não) como os capuchinhos se relacionaram com as autoridades e população locais e com a coroa portuguesa. Por meio de relatos e correspondência dos missionários da Ordem do Frades Menores Capuchinhos, que estiveram no reino do Congo entre 1645 e 1665, período de inúmeras conversões de africanos ao cristianismo, estudamos o contexto político-social e as características deste catolicismo africano, buscando compreender como africanos e europeus adaptavam e reelaboravam a crença cristã no contexto das experiências de contato. / During the XVII century, an accentuated presence of capucin missionaries in Central Africa marked definitely its history. This work analizes the extension of the impact of the Capucin missions in the established relations between the Portuguese crown and the local authorities in Central Africa, since these missionaries were directly under the papado authority, by means of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide. In doing that, we analyze the way (conflicted or not) that the Capucins dealed with local authorities and population and with the Portuguese royal house. Through the accounts and mailing of the Order of Capucin Minor Friars missionaries, that had been in Congo kingdom between 1645 and 1665, period of countless conversions of Africans to Christianity, we examine the political-social context and the characteristics of this African Catholicism, in order to understand how Africans and Europeans adapted and reelaborated the Christian belief in the context of contact experiences.

Volume 1 : La Breve e Succinta Relatione del Viaggio nel Regno di Congo […] du prêtre capucin Girolamo Merolla da Sorrento, publiée en 1692, est un compte rendu d’une mission d’évangélisation accomplie dans des territoires peu explorés à l’époque comme le Royaume de Kongo, l’Angola et d’autres territoires environnants. La densité des sujets traités dans cet ouvrage et l’opacité de la langue et du style ont nécessité un travail d’édition critique afin de déblayer le terrain, pour un texte qui jusqu’à présent était demeuré presque inconnu et avait été mis en perspective de façon trop succincte. Cette tâche est précisément l’objet du volume 1. Volume 2 : Après avoir réalisé dans le volume 1, l’édition critique de la Breve e Succinta Relatione del Viaggio nel Regno di Congo […], ce volume 2 est l’occasion de contextualiser les éléments disparates et flous du récit afin de les mettre en lumière et de les classer par thèmes. De ce travail d’analyse du texte ressortent, après les mises en garde méthodologiques de circonstance, plusieurs points d’intérêts développés à travers six chapitres. La lecture de cet exposé permet de se familiariser avec l’expansion du christianisme en Afrique, avec la Missio Antiqua des Capucins dont Girolamo Merolla da Sorrento faisait partie et la Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, qui la propulsa. Elle permet également d’appréhender l’empire colonial lusitain, les dynasties du royaume de Kongo et les imbrications qui se mettent en place entre ces deux univers. Puis, est retracé le périple accompli par Merolla, par mer et par terre, depuis Naples en 1682, dans ses œuvres missionnaires en Afrique, jusqu’à son retour dans sa patrie en 1688 et son nouveau départ en mission. Un tel voyage donne lieu à des épisodes racontés de façon singulière et à la description ethnographique de catégories humaines, animalières et environnementales des plus variées. L’argumentaire traite de deux cultures diverses et d’ordres moraux antagonistes, dont la rencontre suscita troubles, incompréhensions et réactions culturocentristes. En dernier lieu est examiné le sombre tableau qui transparaît dans le récit, entre rejet de l’autre, exploitation coloniale des matières premières et traite transatlantique. / Volume 1: Published in 1692, Breve e Succinta Relatione del Viaggio nel Regno di Congo […] by the Capuchin priest Girolamo Merolla da Sorrento is an account about a mission of evangelization that took place on the Kingdom of Kongo, Angola and other surrounding areas, which were almost unexplored during that time. The density of the topics the book deals with, as well as its linguistic and stylistic opacity required a philological and historical assessment to prepare the way to understand its content, which have remained almost unknown or succinctly analysed until today. Take into consideration the mentioned aspects, a critical edition will be the task of this first volume.Volume 2: After carrying out, in volume 1, the critical edition of Breve e Succinta Relatione del Viaggio nel Regno di Congo […]. This second volume pretends to contextualize the heterogeneous and confused elements within the account. Besides the methodological considerations, this research develops several points of interest through its six chapters. This dissertation introduces important information about the growth of Christianity in Africa by means of the Missio Antiqua of Capuchins, which was promoted by the Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide. Subsequently, it helps to grasp the imbrications set up between the Lusitanian Colonial Empire and the dynasties of the Kingdom of Kongo. Successively, it recounts the journey, by see and by land, carried out by Merolla. The account relates his departure from Naples in 1682, the development of his mission in Africa, his return to his homeland and his second departure to Africa. His journey gave rise to the recounting of astonishing episodes, significant ethnographic descriptions of human categories, as well as explanations on the huge animal variety and environmental diversity. In addition, the reasoning goes toward the encounter of two different cultures and two opposing moral orders will provoke troubles, misunderstandings and culture-centric reactions. Finally, a sombre motif appears within the account: the rejection of the other, accompanied by the colonial exploitation of raw materials and the Atlantic Slave Trade.

Intitulée Conflits franco-allemands et présence missionnaire. La fondation et le développement de la mission des Capucins à Madagascar (1932-1960) , cette thèse s’intéresse aux crises qu’ont dû affronter les Capucins d’Alsace lors de leur installation à Madagascar au début des années trente. Le motu proprio de Pie XI, Supremi apostolatus munus, du 2 février 1932, transférant la préfecture apostolique de Mayotte, Nosy-Be et des Comores agrandie, marquait le début de l’aventure missionnaire de ces religieux sur la grande île malgache. Ces derniers héritèrent ce territoire des Pères du Saint-Esprit qui étaient à Nosy-Be depuis 1879. Ainsi, le problème du transfert des biens se posait, lorsqu’ils y arrivèrent. Il se développait dans une querelle entre les anciens et les nouveaux missionnaires et le conflit d’autorité qui affrontait le P. Lopinot avec le Fr. Brillaud de la Congrégation des Frères de Saint-Gabriel et le Comité d’Action populaire catholique de Nossi-Bé. Il s’ajoutait à cela les débats nourris d’arguments identitaires et patriotiques sur l’origine des Capucins venant d’Alsace. L’étude des diverses sources disponibles montre qu’il y avait des tentatives d’accorder à ce problème particulier de changement des missionnaires une dimension diplomatique et politique. Les opposants des religieux d’Alsace évoquaient leur germanité, et par là mettaient en cause leur attachement à la France. Les Capucins d’origine alsacienne furent soupçonnés d’être au service des intérêts allemands et accusés d’être destructeurs des valeurs religieuses et traditions françaises. Il s’agissait de l’instrumentalisation des conflits franco-allemands dans une crise d’autorité et de conflits personnels, puisqu’au niveau politico-diplomatique, cette crise ne représentait pas les différends directs entre l’Allemagne et la France. La première partie de cette thèse s’ouvre avec un chapitre qui retrace l’histoire de l’établissement des Capucins dans la région alsacienne, couvrant la période 1729-1932. L’intégration de l’Alsace-Lorraine à la souveraineté allemande en 1871 eut des conséquences dans l’histoire de la province des Capucins en Alsace, supprimée lors de la Révolution française. Confrontés avec le Kulturkampf, leurs confrères de la Rhénanie-Westphalie s’installèrent dans la région alsacienne en 1888. La province des Capucins dans l’ancien Reichland Elsaß-Lothringen renaît après la Première Guerre mondiale. Le deuxième chapitre s'intéresse à l’évolution des relations franco-allemandes dans la deuxième moitié des années vingt et au début des années trente. Il aborde la question de la mission dans les vicissitudes des rivalités internationales à la fin des hostilités. La réflexion se focalise sur l’Allemagne, la France et le Vatican. Cette partie se termine avec un chapitre consacré au transfert de la préfecture apostolique de Mayotte, Nosy-Be et des Comores aux Capucins d’Alsace en 1932. Ce chapitre décrit brièvement l’histoire de l’évangélisation de ce territoire avant leur arrivée et retrace l’état de la mission dans les régions du Sambirano et de Maromandia vers la fin des années vingt et au début des années trente ; cette période est marquée par le conflit de juridiction entre le vicariat apostolique de Majunga et de Diégo-Suarez. La deuxième partie est consacrée à l’analyse de la crise qui avait mis à l’épreuve l’installation des Capucins venant d’Alsace à Madagascar. Elle examine le litige à propos des biens de la mission entre les anciens et les nouveaux missionnaires. Ces faits se sont déroulés à l’époque du P. Lopinot (1932-1937). Elle aborde aussi le conflit d’autorité entre celui-ci et le Fr. Brillaud, frère de Saint-Gabriel, à propos de la fanfare communale. Leur querelle se situait dans le contexte de la commémoration de l’armistice de 1918. Elle se prolongeait aux conflits et tensions entre le P. Lopinot et les habitants de Nosy-Be. Cette partie relate aussi l’instrumentalisation des conflits franco-allemands dans cette situation..... / The present dissertation, titled French and German conflicts and missionary presence. The foundation and development of the Capuchin mission in Madagascar (1932-1960) deals with the crises that the Capuchin friars from Alsace had to face while settling in Madagascar in the early thirties. On February, 2nd 1932, Pius XI issued the Supremi apostolatus munus, a motu proprio whose effect was to transfer the aggrandized apostolic prefecture of Mayotte, Nosy-Be and the Comoros to the latter. This marked the beginning of a missionary adventure on the large Madagascar Island for those clergymen. They inherited this territory from the Fathers of the Holy Spirit who had been in Nosy-Be since 1879. This transfer, and their arrival brought about the question of the transmission of assets. This became a real issue as it took place in the broader context of a general dispute between former and new missionaries along with a conflict of authority between Father Lopinot and Brother Brillaud from the Congregation of the Brothers of Saint-Gabriel and the Committee for Catholic Popular Action in Nossi-Bé. Added to that, the Capuchin Friars from Alsace were the target of heated debates on grounds such as their origin, identity, or patriotic spirit. The various sources available lay bare a number of attempts at giving a diplomatic and political dimension to the specific problem of the change of missionaries. Opponents of the clergymen from Alsace put forward their German nature, thereby questioning their affiliation with France. Capuchin Friars of Alsatian origin were suspected of acting in the interest of the Germans and were accused of destroying French religious values and traditions. What actually happened was that they were utilising French and Germans conflicts to fuel a crisis of authority and personal conflicts, as in truth, this crisis was by no means representative of the political and diplomatic disagreements between Germany and France. The first chapter of this dissertation recounts the story of the Capuchin settlement in the Alsatian region from 1729 to 1932. The German sovereign power taking over Alsace and Lorraine in 1871 had repercussions on the history of the Capuchin province in Alsace, which was suppressed during the French Revolution. Faced with the Kulturkampf, their fellows from the Rhineland and Westphalia settled in the Alsatian region in 1888. The Capuchin province in former Reichland Elsaß-Lothringen rose again after World War I. The second chapter focuses on the evolution of French and German relationships during the second half of the twenties and early thirties. It addresses the question of the mission in the tumultuous context of international rivalries at the end of hostilities. Specific attention is paid to Germany, France and the Vatican. This part ends on a chapter about the 1932 transfer of the apostolic prefecture of Mayotte, Nosy-Be and the Comoros to the Capuchin Friars from Alsace. This chapter briefly recounts how that territory had been evangelised prior to their arrival and describes the state of the mission in the Sambirano and Maromandia regions around the end of the twenties and early thirties — a period marked by a jurisdiction conflict between the apostolic curacy of Majunga and Diego-Suarez. The second part is devoted to the analysis of the crisis and the hardships the Capuchin Friars from Alsace were faced with as they settled in Madagascar. It examines the contention between former and new missionaries concerning the assets of the mission. This took place under Father Lopinot (1932-1937). This part also tackles the conflict of authority between the latter and Brother Brillaud, a brother of Saint-Gabriel, on the question of the municipal fanfare. Their quarrel took place in the context of the commemoration of the 1918 armistice.....

Malgré son indéniable talent, le peintre vénitien Leonardo Corona est négligé : la seule étude systématique qui lui ait été consacrée remonte à une quarantaine d’années (E. Manzato, « Leonardo Corona da Murano », Arte veneta, XXIV, 1970, p. 128-150). Grâce aux nombreux documents inédits que nous avons découverts dans les archives vénitiennes, nous sommes parvenue à reconstituer au moins en partie sa « vraie vie », fixant la date de mort de Corona à 1596.L’exploration des fonds d’archives nous a permis également de mettre en lumière l’une des caractéristiques les plus fascinantes des chantiers vénitiens de la fin du XVIe siècle : leur « esprit choral », les intervenants étant toujours très nombreux, tant du côté des commanditaires que du côté des artistes. Dans ce travail, nous nous sommes intéressée tout particulièrement à quatre chantiers (les églises de San Zulian, Santo Stefano, Santa Maria Formosa et San Bartolomeo), à fin de reconstituer le contexte historique et social de chacun d’entre eux / Despite his undeniable talent, the Venetian painter Leonardo Corona, has been strongly neglected in recent studies: the only contribution dedicated to him goes back to forty years ago (E. Manzato, “Leonardo Corona da Murano”, Arte veneta, XXIV, 1970, pp. 128-150). Thanks to numerous unknown and unpublished documents discovered in Venetian archives, it was possible to reconstruct the ‘real life’ of Corona, died in 1596.After long and exthensive archival researches it was possible, as well, to highlight one of the most fascinating aspect in Venetian ‘cantieri’ at the end of Sixteenth century: the choral spirit which involved a variety of patrons and artists in several artistic adventures. The research focused on four main Venetian ‘Cantieri’ (the Church of San Zulian, Santo Stefano, Santa Maria Formosa and San Bartolomeo). The intent was to reconstruct the social and historical context that charaterized each of them / Nonostante l’innegabile talento, il pittore veneziano Leonardo Corona è stato fortemente trascurato dalla storia degli studi: l’unico contributo a lui dedicato risale ormai a una quarantina d’anni fa ((E. Manzato, “Leonardo Corona da Murano”, Arte veneta, XXIV, 1970, pp. 128-150). Grazie a numerosi documenti inediti ritrovati negli archivi veneziani, è stato possibile ricostruire almeno in parte la “vera vita” di Corona, morto in realtà nel 1596. L’esplorazione dei fondi d’archivio ha permesso ugualmente di far luce su uno degli aspetti più affascinanti di cantieri veneziani della fine del XVI secolo: lo spirito corale, che vuole coinvolti una molteplicità di attori, tanto fra i committenti che fra gli artisti chiamati ad intervenire. In lavoro si è concentarto su quattro cantieri veneziani (le chiese di San Zulian, Santo Stefano, Santa Maria Formosa e San Bartolomeo), con l’obiettivo di ricostruire il contesto storico-sociale caratteristico di ciascuno di essi