The visitor : André Palmeiro and the Jesuits in Asia /

In an age when few ventured beyond their birthplace, André Palmeiro left Portugal to inspect Jesuit missions from Mozambique to Japan. A global history in the guise of biography, The Visitor tells the story of a theologian whose travels bore witness to the fruitful contact--and violent collision--o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brockey, Liam Matthew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Belknap Press, 2014.
Temas:
Palmeiro, André, > 1569-1635.
Palmeiro, André, > 1569-1635
Jesuits > Asia > Biography.
Jesuits > Asia > History > 17th century.
Jesuits
1600-1699
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Missions.
Mission
Asia
Asien
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Note on Orthography and Usage
  • Prelude: Nagasaki, 1635
  • Introduction: Company Man
  • Part One. Inside the Empire
  • 1. Entering the Order
  • 2. The Visitor in Training
  • 3. Manager of Men
  • 4. In the Footsteps of the Apostles
  • 5. Among Archbishops, Emperors, and Viceroys
  • Part Two. At Empire's Edge
  • 6. The View from Macau
  • 7. To Beijing and Back Again
  • 8. Challenging Accommodation
  • 9. Sunrise in the West
  • 10. Sunset in the East
  • Conclusion: A Baroque Death
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Illustration Credits
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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