Abstract

Hendrick Uwens (1618-1667) was a Flemish-educated Jesuit who became a missionary to the Mughal Empire. Prior to embarking on his missionary work, he taught mixed mathematics in Lisbon in the early 1640s. Both in Europe and India, Uwens often insisted on portraying himself as a mathematician. Mathematics allowed him to be amongst the first teachers of certain aspects of Galileo’s physics and to promote a mechanical worldview – unusual ideas in early Jesuit circles. He also used mathematics to negotiate his missionary appointments in Asia. This paper analyzes the manuscript writings produced by Uwens throughout his life: the letters he wrote in Flanders to the Superior General requesting to be made a missionary, his Portuguese textbook on mechanics, and his correspondence from India to his Jesuit Superiors in Flanders and Rome.

中文翻译：

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从佛兰德斯到里斯本再到莫卧儿帝国：亨德里克·乌文斯（Hendrick Uwens）和耶稣会传教士生平的数学后台

摘要

亨德里克·乌文斯（Hendrick Uwens，1618-1667年）是受法兰德斯教育的耶稣会士，后来成为莫卧儿帝国的传教士。在开始传教工作之前，他于1640年代初在里斯本教授混合数学。在欧洲和印度，Uwens经常坚持将自己描绘成数学家。数学使他成为伽利略物理学某些方面的第一批教师，并促进了机械世界观的发展-这在耶稣会早期的圈子中是不同寻常的想法。他还利用数学来谈判他在亚洲的传教任命。这篇论文分析了乌文斯一生所写的手稿作品：他在佛兰德斯写给上级将军的信，要求成为传教士，他的葡萄牙语力学教科书，以及他从印度到他在佛兰德斯和罗马的耶稣会上级的书信。