Journey to the East: The Jesuit Mission to China, 1579–1724 by Liam Matthew Brockey ISBN 13: 9780674030367

Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Belknap Pr, 2007. Trade paperback in near fine condition.. Soft cover. Near Fine.

Belknap Press, 2008-12-15. paperback. Used:Good.

Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2008 8vo (23.5 cm), XIV, 496 pp. Laminated wrappers. "The first narrative history of the Jesuits’ mission from 1579 until the proscription of Christianity in China in 1724, this study is also the first to use extensive documentation of the enterprise found in Lisbon and Rome. The peril of travel in the premodern world, the danger of entering a foreign land alone and unarmed, and the challenge of understanding a radically different culture result in episodes of high drama set against such backdrops as the imperial court of Peking, the villages of Shanxi Province, and the bustling cities of the Yangzi Delta region. Further scenes show how the Jesuits claimed conversions and molded their Christian communities into outposts of Baroque Catholicism in the vastness of China. In the retelling, this story reaches across continents and centuries to reveal the deep political, cultural, scientific, linguistic, and religious complexities of a true… Read More

Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press. paperback. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

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Belknap Pr, 2008. Paperback. New. 512 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.25 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

United States: Harvard University Press, 2007. Card covers in clean, tidy condition, 496pp. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback / softback. New. It was one of the great encounters of world history: highly educated European priests confronting Chinese culture for the first time in the modern era. This "journey to the East" is explored by Brockey as he retraces the path of the Jesuit missionaries who sailed from Portugal to China.

Paperback / softback. New. It was one of the great encounters of world history: highly educated European priests confronting Chinese culture for the first time in the modern era. This "journey to the East" is explored by Brockey as he retraces the path of the Jesuit missionaries who sailed from Portugal to China.