The Visitor : : André Palmeiro and the Jesuits in Asia / / Liam Matthew Brockey.
In an age when few people ventured beyond their place of birth, André Palmeiro left Portugal on a journey to the far side of the world. Bearing the title “Father Visitor,” he was entrusted with the daunting task of inspecting Jesuit missions spanning from Mozambique to Japan. A global history in the...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
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| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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