The visitor :
Brockey, Liam Matthew.
The visitor : André Palmeiro and the Jesuits in Asia / Liam Matthew Brockey. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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--of East and West in the early modern era.
In English.
9780674735576 0674735579 0674416686 9780674416680
10.4159/9780674735576 doi 40024132002 9780674416680
22573/ctt8xpskq JSTOR
Palmeiro, André, 1569-1635.
Palmeiro, André, 1569-1635.
Jesuits--Asia--Biography.
Jesuits--History--Asia--17th century.
Jesuits.
1600-1699
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Religious.
RELIGION--Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION--Christian Ministry--Missions.
Mission
Asia.
Asien
Electronic books.
Biography.
History.
BX4705.P3655 / B76 2014eb
271/.5302
The visitor : André Palmeiro and the Jesuits in Asia / Liam Matthew Brockey. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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--of East and West in the early modern era.
In English.
9780674735576 0674735579 0674416686 9780674416680
10.4159/9780674735576 doi 40024132002 9780674416680
22573/ctt8xpskq JSTOR
Palmeiro, André, 1569-1635.
Palmeiro, André, 1569-1635.
Jesuits--Asia--Biography.
Jesuits--History--Asia--17th century.
Jesuits.
1600-1699
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Religious.
RELIGION--Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION--Christian Ministry--Missions.
Mission
Asia.
Asien
Electronic books.
Biography.
History.
BX4705.P3655 / B76 2014eb
271/.5302
