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

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (608 p.)
• Disciplina: 266.2092
• Soggetto topico: Christianity - Japan - History - 17th century
• Soggetto geografico: China History Kangxi, 1662-1722
• Altri autori: WardegaArtur K Vasconcelos de SaldanhaAntonio
• 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 ...
• Titolo autorizzato: In the light and shadow of an emperor
• ISBN: 1-4438-3854-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808651903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II