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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463455103321

Titolo

In the light and shadow of an emperor [[electronic resource] ] : Tomas Pereira, SJ (1645-1708), the Kangxi emperor and the Jesuit mission in China / / edited by Arthur K. Wardega, SJ, and Antonio Vasconcelos de Saldanha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, c2012

ISBN

1-4438-3854-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (608 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WardegaArtur K

Vasconcelos de SaldanhaAntonio

Disciplina

266.2092

Soggetti

Christianity - Japan - History - 17th century

Electronic books.

China History Kangxi, 1662-1722

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

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

MISSION BY MUSICTHE ORGANIST AND ORGAN BUILDER TOMÁS PEREIRA; THE MACAU RICCI INSTITUTE; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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 ...