Francis A. Dutra

Francis A. Dutra

Professor of History

History Department

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9410

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EDUCATION:

B.A.: St. Bonaventure University (1960)

M.A.: New York University (Luso-Brazilian Studies) (1963)

Ph.D.: New York University (Latin American History) (1968)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

St. Bonaventure University, 1963-1965

Oklahoma State University, 1966-1967

University of California, Santa Barbara, 1967-present

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Social mobility in Portugal, Brazil, Portuguese Africa and Asia, 1500-1750

Pernambuco, Brasil, 1530-1750

Portuguese military Orders of Christ, Santiago and Avis

Seafarers and Surgeons in the Portuguese World, 1500-1750

Church in Colonial Brazil

Portugal in the Middle Ages

Early Modern Portugal

Comparative Seaborne Empires

PUBLICATIONS:
Books:
Matias de Albuquerque. Capitão-mor de Pernambuco e Governador-geral do Brasil

(Recife, 1976)
A Guide to the History of Brazil, 1500-1822. The Literature in English (Santa Barbara, California and Oxford, England, 1980)
Military Orders in the Early Modern Portuguese World: The Orders of Christ, Santiago and Avis (Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Publishers, 2006)
Edited Book:
(With João Camilo dos Santos) The Portuguese and the Pacific. Proceedings of the

International Colloquium on the Portuguese and the Pacific, October 1993 (Santa Barbara, 1995)
(With Harold Johnson) Pelo Vaso Traseiro. Sodomy and Sodomites in Luso-Brazilian History (Tucson: Fenestra 2007)
Chapters (Beginning with the Most Recent):
“Sodomy and the Portuguese Nobility: The Case of Dom Filipe de Moura and His Circle,” Harold Johnson and Francis A. Dutra, eds., Pelo Vaso Traseiro. Sodomy and Sodomites in Luso-Brazilian History (Tucson: Fenestra, 2007), pp. 165-194.
“Os Dotes dos Hábitos das Ordens Militares de Santiago e de Avis em Portugal e no Brasil do Século XVII,” Maria Beatriz Nizza da Silva, ed., Sexualidade, Família, e Religião na Colonização do Brasil (Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, 2001), pp. 163-175.
“As Ordens Militares,” Diogo Ramada Curto, ed., O Tempo de Vasco da Gama (Lisbon: Difel, 1998), pp. 229-241, 387.
“Brazil: Discovery and Immediate Aftermath,” George D. Winius, ed., Portugal, The Pathfinder. Journey from the Medieval toward the Modern World, 1300-ca. 1600 (Madison, 1995), pp. 145-168.
“The Practice of Medicine in Early Modern Portugal: The Role and Social Status of the Físico-mor and the Surgião-mor,” in Israel J. Katz, ed., Libraries, History, Diplomacy and the Performing Arts: Essays in Honor of Carleton Sprague Smith (New York: Pendragon Press and New York Public Library, 1991), pp. 135-169.
“Centralization vs. Donatarial Privilege: Pernambuco, 1602-1630,” in Dauril Alden, ed., The Colonial Roots of Modern Brazil (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973), pp. 19-60.

Articles (Beginning with the Most Recent):
“Noble Brothers-in-Law in Love during the Reign of João IV (1640-1656),” Mediterranean Studies XVIII (2009), pp. 131-142.
“African Heritage and the Portuguese Military Orders in Seventeenth- and Early Eighteenth-Century Brazil: The Case of Mestre de Campo Domingos Rodrigues Carneiro,” Colonial Latin American Historical Review 15:2 (Spring 2006), pp. 113-141.
“O rei-cardeal D. Henrique e as Ordens Militares portuguesas,” Isabel Cristina F. Fernandes, ed., As Ordens Militares e as Ordens de Cavalaria entre o Ocidente e o Oriente. Actas do V Encontro sobre Ordens Militares (Palmela: Camara Municipal de Palmela/GEsOS, 2009), pp. 889-901.
Salvador de Sá e a luta pelo Brasil e Angola de Charles Boxer: cinquenta anos depois,” Stuart Schwartz e Erik Myrup, eds., O Brasil no império marítimo português (São Paulo: EDUSC, 2008), pp. 13-38.
“Problems in Luso-Brazilian Biography: The Case of the Three Matias de Albuquerques,” Encruzilhadas/Crossroads, Vol. 8 (2008), pp. 29-32.
“Masters and Pilots on Portugal’s India Route, 1640-1777,” Francisco Cota Fagundes and Irene Maria F. Blayer, eds., Tradições Portuguesas/Portuguese Traditions: In Honor of Claude L. Hulet (San Jose: California, 2007), pp. 479-485.
“The Social and Economic World of Portugal’s Elite Seafarers, 1481-1600,” Mediterranean Studies XIV (2005), pp. 95-105.
“Cavaleiros e Comendadores e os Capítulos Gerais da Ordem de Santiago, de 1550 e 1564: estudo preliminar,” Isabel Cristina F. Fernandes, ed., As Ordens Militares e as Ordens de Cavalaria na Construção do Mundo Ocidental—Actas do IV Encontro sobre Ordens Militares (Lisboa: Edições Colibri/Câmara Municipal de Palmela, 2005), pp. 703-714.
“Rebecca Catz and Fernão Mendes Pinto and His World: An Historian’s Perspective,” Encruzilhadas/Crossroads, Vol. 6 (2005), pp. 129-131.
“The Vieira Family and the Order of Christ,” Luso-Brazilian Review 40:1 (Summer 2003), pp. 17-31.
“New Knights in the Portuguese Order of Santiago during the Mastership of Dom Jorge, 1492-1550,” eHumanista, vol. 2 (2002), pp. 105-160.

http://www.spanport.ucsb.edu/projects/ehumanista
“New Light on Catherine of Bragança’s Medical Practitioners: The Two António Ferreiras,” Portuguese Studies Review 10:2 (Winter-Spring 2002-2003), pp. 37-51.
“Vasco da Gama and the Order of Santiago,” Vasco da Gama. Homens, Viagens e Culturas. 2 vols. (Lisbon: 2002), I, 537-547.
“The Order of Santiago in the Age of Pombal,” in Actas. Congresso. O Marquês de Pombal e Sua Época/Colóquio. O Século XVIII e o Marquês de Pombal (2002), pp. 241-250.
“The Order of Santiago and the Portuguese Atlantic Islands, 1492-1777,” Portos, Escalas e Ilhéus no Relacionamento entre o Ocidente e o Oriente. 2 vols. (Lisboa, 2001) II, 257-277.
“Reading, Writing, and Teaching about Portugal Overseas, 1415-1825: Recent Trends,” Portuguese Studies Review 8:2 (Spring/Summer 2000), pp. 45-53.
“A Hard-Fought Struggle for Recognition: Manuel Gonçalves Doria, First Afro-Brazilian to Become a Knight of Santiago,” The Americas 56:1 (July 1999), pp. 91-113.
“Os Fornos da Ordem de Santiago e seus Comendadores, 1550-1777,” Isabel Cristina F. Fernandes, ed., Ordens Militares: Guerra, Religião, Poder e Cultura. Actas do III Encontro sobre Ordens Militares. 2 vols. (Lisbon: Edições Colibri/Câmara Municipal de Palmela, 1999) I, 179-183.
“Salvador Moreira, Cirurgião e Degredado no Maranhão, Século XVII,” Revista Textos de História 6:1-2 (1998).
“The Wounding of King José I: Accident or Assassination Attempt?” Mediterranean Studies VII (1998), pp. 221-229.
“A New Look at the Life and Career of Vasco da Gama,” Portuguese Studies Review 6:2 (Fall-Winter 1997-1998), pp. 23-28.
“Sebastian, Alcácer-Quibir, the Spanish Succession, and Grand Opera: Gaetano Donizetti’s Don Sebastiano,” Encruzilhadas/Crossroads, Vol. 4 (1995), pp. 17-19.
“The Order of Santiago and the Estado da India, 1497-1750,” Francis A. Dutra and João Camilo dos Santos, eds., The Portuguese and the Pacific (Santa Barbara, 1995), pp. 287-304.
“The Restoration of 1640, the Ausentes em Castela, and the Portuguese Military Orders: Santiago, A Case Study,” João Camilo dos Santos and Frederick G. Williams, eds., O Amor das Letras e das Gentes. In Honor of Maria de Lourdes Belchior Pontes (Santa Barbara, 1995), pp. 117-126.
Camilo’s Fascination with Attempted Regicides: The Novelist as Historian,” João Camilo dos Santos, ed., Camilo Castelo Branco, No Centenário da Morte (Santa Barbara, 1995), pp. 190-198.
“Membership in the Order of Christ in the Sixteenth Century: Problems and Perspectives,” Santa Barbara Portuguese Studies 1:1 (1994), pp. 228-239.
“Evolution of the Portuguese Order of Santiago, 1492-1600,” Mediterranean Studies IV (1994), pp. 63-72.
“The Maritime Profession and Membership in the Portuguese Military Orders in the Late Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries,” William D. Phillips, Jr. and Carla Rahn Phillips, eds. Marginated Groups in Spanish and Portuguese History (Minneapolis, 1989), pp. 89-100.
“Blacks and the Search for Rewards and Status in Seventeenth-Century Brazil,” Proceedings of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies, Vol. 6 (1979), pp. 25-35.
“Bolton and the History of the Americas: A Reappraisal,” Proceedings of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies, Vol. 3 (1974), pp. 1-7.
“Notas sobre a vida e morte de Jorge de Albuquerque Coelho e a tutela de seus filhos,” Studia, Vol. XXXVII (December 1973), pp. 261-286.
“Matias de Albuquerque and the Defense of Northeastern Brazil, 1620-1626,” Studia, Vol. XXXVI (July 1973), pp. 117-166.
Duarte Coelho Pereira, First Lord-Proprietor of Pernambuco: The Beginning of a Dynasty,” The Americas, 29:4 (April, 1973), pp. 415-441.
“The Brazilian Hierarchy in the Seventeenth Century,” Records of the American Catholic Historical Society, LXXIII: 3-4 (September-December 1972), pp. 171-186.
“Membership in the Order of Christ in the Seventeenth Century: Its Rights, Privileges, and Obligations,” The Americas 27:1 (July 1970), pp. 3-25.
“The Couvade in Brazil,” Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, Vol. 47 (1968), pp. 307-314.
“A New Look into Diogo Botelho’s Stay in Pernambuco, 1602-1603,” Luso-Brazilian Review 4:1 (June 1967), pp. 27-34.
“The Theatre of Dias Gomes: Brazil’s Social Conscience,” Cithara, IV:2 (May, 1965), pp. 3-13.
Three articles in The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages (2010)
Six articles in The Oxford Companion to World Exploration (2007)
Three articles in Europe 1450-1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World (2004).
Five articles in Medieval Iberia. An Encyclopedia (2003).
Three articles in Encyclopedia of the Renaissance (1999).
Two articles in Chronology of World Slavery (1999).
Six articles in The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery (1997).
Twenty articles in Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture (1996)
Three articles in The Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia (1992)
Two articles in Dictionary of the Middle Ages (1988)
23 Book Reviews
Recent Scholarly Papers Presented (But Not Yet Published):
“The Conti Brothers and the Reign of Afonso VI,” Forty-first Annual Meeting of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Ottawa, Canada, 16 April 2010
“As Ordens Militares de Cristo, Santiago, e Avis e o Interregnum (1580)” VI Encontro sobre Ordens Militares. Palmela, Portugal, 12 March 2010
“Portuguese Crown Rewards to Seafarers and their Families, 1640-1777,” 124^th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, San Diego, 9 January 2010
“Sodomy and the Portuguese Inquisition: An Iberian Perspective,” Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Kansas City, Missouri, 3 April 2009.
“Noble Brothers-in-Law in Love during the Reign of João IV (1640-1656),” Eleventh Annual Conference of the Mediterranean Studies Association, Lüneburg, Germany, 29 May 2008.
“Portuguese Seafarers and the Quest for Rewards and Social Status, 1640-1777,” Fifth Rebecca D. Catz Memorial Lecture sponsored by the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Los Angeles, California, 25 April 2008.
“A Pernambucan Black and His Quest for Social Status: The Case of Amaro Cardigo,” XXXI Symposium on Portuguese Traditions (Europe, America, Africa, Asia), Los Angeles, California, 19 April 2008.
“To Be a ‘Mulato’ in Early Modern Portugal,” Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Fort Worth, Texas, 5 April 2008.
“Masters and Pilots on Portugal’s India Route, 1640-1777: A Social Profile,” Eighth Maritime Heritage Conference, San Diego, California, 10 October 2007.
“Philip II and the Portuguese Order of Christ, 1580-1598,” Tenth Annual Conference of the Mediterranean Studies Association, Évora, Portugal, 1 June 2007.
“Portugal 1580-1640: A ‘Babylonian Captivity’?” XXX Symposium on Portuguese Traditions (Europe, America, Africa, Asia). Los Angeles, California, 22 April 2007.
“Dom Álvaro Manuel, Senhor of Atalaia, and the Politics of Sodomy during the Reign of João IV,” Thirty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Miami, Florida, 20 April 2007
“Austrians and Italians in the Portuguese Order of Santiago, 1640-1777,” Ninth Annual Conference of the Mediterranean Studies Association, Genoa, Italy, 27 May 2006.
“The Portuguese Order of Santiago during the Reign of King João V (r. 1706-1750),” Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Lexington, Kentucky, 8 April 2006.
“O Rei-Cardeal D. Henrique e as Ordens Militares Portuguesas,” V Encontro sobre as Ordens Militares. Palmela, Portugal, 18 February 2006.
“Mestre de Campo Domingos Rodrigues Carneiro: Pernambucano, Ex-Slave and Tailor,” III Conferência Bienal of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6 October 2005.
“The Portuguese Order of Santiago during Spanish Habsburg Rule (1580-1640),” Eighth Annual Conference of the Mediterranean Studies Association, Messina, Sicily, Italy, 27 May 2005.
“King João III and His Reign (1521-1557): A Reevaluation,” XXVIII Symposium on Portuguese Traditions (Europe, America, Africa, Asia). Los Angeles, California, 17 April 2005.
“Sodomy and the Portuguese Nobility during the Restoration (1640-1668)” Thirty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Charleston, South Carolina, 11 March 2005.
“’O Judeu’: The Man and the Movie,” XXVII Symposium on Portuguese Traditions (Europe, America, Africa, Asia). Los Angeles, California, 18 April 2004.
“Sexual Deviancy and the Portuguese Titled Nobility: The Case of the Count of Vila Franca,” Sixth Annual Conference of the Mediterranean Studies Association, Budapest, Hungary, 30 May 2003.
“The Question of African Heritage and the Portuguese Military Orders in Seventeenth-Century Brazil,” The African Diaspora in/and Latin America: Literatures, Cultures and Histories Conference. University of California, Santa Barbara, 9 May 2003.
“Braamcamp Freire’s O Conde da Vila Franca e a Inquisição (1899) Revisited.” XXVI Symposium on Portuguese Traditions (Europe, America, Africa, Asia). Los Angeles, California, 27 April 2003.
“Charles Boxer’s Salvador de Sá and the Struggle for Brazil and Angola Revisited.

Fifty Years Later,” Imperial (Re)Visions: Brazil and the Portuguese Seaborne Empire. A Conference in Memory of Charles R. Boxer. Yale University, 1 November 2002.
“Murder, Mayhem and the Portuguese Titled Nobility, 1640-1760,” Fifth Annual Meeting of the Mediterranean Studies Association, Granada, Spain, 30 May 2002.
“Blacks, Mulattoes, Amerindians and Asians and the Portuguese Order of Santiago, 1500-1750,” Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Athens, Georgia, 13 April 2002.
“Foreigners and the Order of Santiago, 1641-1750,” Fourth Annual Meeting of the Mediterranean Studies Association, Aix-en-Provence, France, May 2001.
“The Portuguese Military Orders during the Reign of Philip IV of Spain (1621-1640)” Thirty-second Annual Meeting of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 20 April 2001.
“Portuguese America and the Order of Santiago, 1600-1755,” Third Annual Meeting of the Mediterranean Studies Association, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, 25 May 2000.
“The Portuguese Military Orders and Seventeenth-Century Brazil,” Thirty-first Annual Meeting of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, New York, New York, 29 April 2000.
“Social Perceptions in the Portuguese World, 1640-1750,” Twenty-third Annal Symposium on Portuguese Traditions, Los Angeles, California, 16 April 2000.
“Social Consequences of Dowries of Knighthoods in the Portuguese Military Orders, 1640-1755,” 114^th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Chicago, 8 January 2000.
“A Momentous Century: The Transformation of the Portuguese Order of Santiago, 1470-1578,” Second Annual Meeting of the Mediterranean Studies Association, Coimbra, Portugal, 27 May 1999.
“Portuguese Maritime Service and the Order of Santiago, 1640-1750.” First Annual Meeting of the Mediterranean Studies Association, Lisbon, Portugal, 30 May 1998.
“The Portuguese Military Orders in the Reign of Philip III, 1598-1621,” Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, St. Louis, Missouri, 23-26 April 1998.
“Vasco da Gama and the Orders of Santiago and Christ,” Twenty-first Symposium on Portuguese Traditions (Europe, America, Africa, Asia), University of California at Los Angeles, 18-19 April 1998.
“Medical Practitioners and the Portuguese Order of Santiago, 1500-1777,” Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 26 April 1997.
“’Santiago or Avis’: Services, Social Backgrounds and Knighthoods in Portugal during the Restoration, 1640-1668,” Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Tucson, Arizona, 27 April 1997.
“A New Look at the 1673 Plot to Restore Afonso VI to the Portuguese Throne,” Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Portuguese Traditions (Europe, America, Africa, Asia), University of California, Los Angeles, 21 April 1997.
“The Social and Economic World of the Portuguese Seafarer, 1481-1700,” John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island, 15 April 1997.
“Portuguese Seafarers in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: The Tragic History of the Sea,” Seventy-seventh Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, San Diego, California, 11 August 1995.