Subject: China--Foreign relations--Early to 1900

Embassies to China : diplomacy and cultural encounters before the Opium Wars
AuthorKeevak, Michael, 1962-
PlaceSingapore
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeDigital Book (PDF)
Series
ShelfDigital Archives
Call NumberDS754.18.K44 2017eb
Descriptiondig.pdf. (x, 162 p. : ill. (some col.)
NoteEmbassies to China : diplomacy and cultural encounters before the Opium Wars / Michael Keevak.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158) and index.

Chapter keywords (OCLC record):
Introduction. Making "Peace" with the East; The Pope's Two Letters; Carpini; Rubruck; Ascelin; The Mongols and Religion; An Embassy of Peace; Making Peace; Nestorianism; Christians and Others; Portugal and "Empire"; Tomé Pires; A Tale of Two Brothers; The Folangji; Padrões; Markers of "Discovery"; China as Empire?; Chinese Padrões?; The Portuguese as Inheritors; The King's Letter; The Portuguese Expulsion; Holland and "Trade"; Nieuhof; Trade and Tribute; Dutch Distortions; Schall Magalhães The Dutch Governor's Letter; The Chinese Translation; Divine Commerce; The Emperor's Decree; The Dutch Departure; References; The Pope's "Religion"; The Rites Controversy; Tournon's Motives; The Emperor's Intervention; True vs. False Missionaries; Mezzabarba; The Emperor's Skepticism; Christianity as Heterodox; "Of no consequence"; Russia and "Diplomacy"; The Treaty of Nerchinsk; "Mutual commerce"; Tulišen; Lange; Lange as "consul"; Permanent or Temporary?; "Mr. Agent"; The Treaty of Kiakhta; The Caravans Depart.

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