Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies

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Monografia | A Failing Mission?
Capitolo | 1 • Early Modern Jesuit Missions in Asia

1 • Early Modern Jesuit Missions in Asia

Abstract

This chapter presents an overview of the history of the Society of Jesus and of the European presence in Asia in the sixteenth century. It then focuses on the Jesuit models embodied by Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier, to contextualise Francisco Cabral’s character as described by his fellow missionaries.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 21 Giugno 2023 | Accettato: 25 Settembre 2023 | Pubblicato 31 Gennaio 2024 | Lingua: en


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