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The Portuguese try vigorously, if not fanatically, …
Years: 1540 - 1683
The Portuguese try vigorously, if not fanatically, to force religious and, to a lesser extent, educational, change in Sri Lanka.
They discriminate against other religions with a vengeance, destroy Buddhist and Hindu temples, and give the temple lands to Roman Catholic religious orders.
Buddhist monks flee to Kandy, which becomes a refuge for people disaffected with colonial rule.
One of the most durable legacies of the Portuguese is the conversion of a large number of Sinhalese and Tamils to Roman Catholicism.
Although small pockets of Nestorian Christianity had existed in Sri Lanka, the Portuguese are the first to propagate Christianity on a mass scale.
Locations
Groups
- Arab people
- Sinhalese people
- Buddhism
- Christians, Eastern (Diophysite, or “Nestorian”) (Church of the East)
- Islam
- Portuguese people
- Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis
- Jaffna, or Aryacakravarti, Tamil Kingdom of
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Kotte, Sinhalese Kingdom of
- Portuguese Empire
- Kandy, Sinhalese Kingdom of
- India, Portuguese State of
- Sitawaka, Sinhalese Kingdom of
Topics
- Colonization of Asia, Portuguese
- Portuguese Conquests in India and the East Indies
- Portuguese Ceylon
- Jaffna kingdom, Portuguese invasion of
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Years: 1540 - 1683
Locations
Groups
- Arab people
- Sinhalese people
- Buddhism
- Christians, Eastern (Diophysite, or “Nestorian”) (Church of the East)
- Islam
- Portuguese people
- Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis
- Jaffna, or Aryacakravarti, Tamil Kingdom of
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Kotte, Sinhalese Kingdom of
- Portuguese Empire
- Kandy, Sinhalese Kingdom of
- India, Portuguese State of
- Sitawaka, Sinhalese Kingdom of
Topics
- Colonization of Asia, Portuguese
- Portuguese Conquests in India and the East Indies
- Portuguese Ceylon
- Jaffna kingdom, Portuguese invasion of
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions