[PDF.63gt] The Interweaving of Rituals: Funerals in the Cultural Exchange Between China and Europe

The Interweaving of Rituals: Funerals in the Cultural Exchange Between China and Europe

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 | #2055404 in Books |  2008-03-26 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.76 x5.98l,.97 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

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|| |"“Nicolas Standaert’s impressive research on funerary rites in China and Europe in the seventeenth century shows again that we cannot use a universal recipe in the study of cultural exchanges. . . . This book is a compelling example of a historiogr

The death of the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci in China in 1610 was the occasion for demonstrations of European rituals appropriate for a Catholic priest and also of Chinese rituals appropriate to the country hosting the Jesuit community. Rather than burying Ricci immediately in a plain coffin near the church, according to their European practice, the Jesuits followed Chinese custom and kept Ricci's body for nearly a year in an air-tight Chinese-style coffin and asked the ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Interweaving of Rituals: Funerals in the Cultural Exchange Between China and Europe   |  Nicolas Standaert. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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