In The Intercultural Weaving of Historical Texts Nicolas Standaert analyses an early case of “intercultural historiography,” in which various Chinese views on marvellous births are interwoven with the
The death of Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci in China in 1610 was the occasion for demonstrations of Western rituals appropriate for a Catholic priest and also of Chinese rituals appropriate to the countr
Many questions about Christianity in China are answered in this reference work. It comprehensively presents current knowledge of Christianity in the China before 1800, guides the reader through the so
Confession in early modern Europe has been the subject of several studies. But what happened to the confessional practice when it moved to other cultures? This is the major research question of the pr
