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1 online resource (xxiv, 583 pages) |
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Table of contents; list of illustrations; notes on editors and contributors; preface; introduction; part i; root and branch; tomás pereira and the jesuits of the court of the kangxi emperor; father tomás pereira, sj, the kangxi emperor, and the court westerners; the image of tomás pereira in qing dynasty documents; from the earthly court to the heavenly court; the last imperial honours from tomás pereira to the eulogium europeorum doctorum in 1711; part ii; 'amicíssimos'; the fô and the xekiâ; ubi dux, ibi curia; 'riding a crane she ascended to the distant realms'; part iii |
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The 'edict of tolerance' (1692)tomás pereira's appealto the portuguese jesuits and missionary recruitment to china; ferdinand verbiest's letter of 1678; part iv; defending european astronomy in china ... against europe, tomás pereira and the directorate of astronomy in 1688; resolution of some questions about tomás pereira's arrival in beijing and service at the directorate of astronomy; seventeenth-century jesuit surveys for a secure overland route from europe to china; part v; the jesuits at nerchinsk; tomás pereira at the nerchinsk conference; tomás pereira, jing tian, and nerchinsk; part vi |
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Mission by musicthe organist and organ builder tomás pereira; the macau ricci institute; index |
| Summary |
The present collection was written to commemorate the third centenary of the death of the Portuguese Jesuit, Tomás Pereira (1645-1708). Dealing with some of the most decisive and controversial moments in the history of the Jesuit mission in China during the Kangxi era (1662-1722), these essays were produced by an international team of scholars and cover a wide range of topics that reflect a permanent academic interest, in Europe and America as well as in China, in the history of the Catholic .. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Pereira, Tomás, 1645-1708.
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| SUBJECT |
Pereira, Tomás, 1645-1708 fast |
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Jesuits -- Missions -- China -- History -- 17th century
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Jesuits -- Portugal -- History -- 17th century
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Jesuits -- China -- History -- 17th century
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Jesuits fast |
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Church history -- 17th century.
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Asian history.
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History: specific events & topics.
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Christian mission & evangelism.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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Church history
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Missions
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China -- History -- Kangxi, 1662-1722.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024080
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China
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Portugal
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Wardega, Artur K
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Saldanha, António Vasconcelos de.
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| ISBN |
9781443838542 |
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1443838543 |
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1299646751 |
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9781299646759 |
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