Um “quase-santo” entre infiéis uma leitura do diário de Samuel Fritz e o surto messiânico na Amazônia colonial

Abstract

The chronicles of travel appear as invaluable sources for the History of the Colonial Amazon. The Diary of Father Samuel Fritz is inserted within the discussion of the (not always visible) frontier between History and Literature. Based on this observation, we think of the insipidity of the number of works about the history of the Amazon, especially those centered on the formation of a social thought about the region. The document in focus is one of the 80 most important sources on the Colonial Amazon, and, using Paul Ricouer's (2007) proposal, we immerse ourselves in the "deep" reading of this important historical document, aiming to unveil the process of construction of the "holy" image of the Jesuit along with the indigenous peoples.