Journey to the East : : The Jesuit Mission to China, 1579–1724 / / Liam Matthew Brockey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Brockey, Liam Matthew,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (512 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Note on Translations and Orthography --; Introduction --; Part I. Charting the Course --; 1. An Uneasy Foothold --; 2. In the Shadow of Greatness --; 3. Witnesses to Armageddon --; 4. The Problem of Success --; 5. Between Tolerance and the Intolerable --; Part II. Building the Church --; 6. In the Apostles’ Classroom --; 7. Learning the Language of Birds --; 8. The Business of Conversion --; 9. A Good Method and Order --; 10. Brothers of Passion and Mercy --; Conclusion --; Bibliographic Note --; Notes --; Illustration Credits --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674028814; 9783110649772; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674028814
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Liam Matthew Brockey.

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.