Largos caminhos e vastos mares Jesuit Missionaries and the journey to China in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
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| contents | Largos caminhos e vastos mares Jesuit Missionaries and the journey to China in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Liam Brockey Historia This article is an analysis of unique primary source material concerningJesuit missionaries on the sea voyage to China during the sixteenth and seventeenthcenturies. During this period, hundreds of men embarked in Lisbon on the ships ofthe Carreira da Índia for India and beyond. Sailing from Portugal around Africa andeventually to Goa, the members of the China mission had only completed half oftheir voyage. After months or years waiting at the capital of the Estado da Índia,they would board ship once again for another perilous journey around the subcontinent,through the Straits of Malacca and over the China Sea to Macao. But farfrom being a leisurely journey, this trip took a heavy toll on the numbers of zealousmissionaries impelled across the world by religious fervor. For the chronicallyunderstaffed China mission, who only drew limited numbers of men from Europe,the death of each prospective recruit on the ocean was a tragedy. But since the missionaryenterprise was a perpetual one, the Jesuits were forced to make efforts toprotect their men as well as possible during the journey east. Using a combinationof administrative documents and voyage narratives, this article describes the trialspassed and skills gained during the missionaries trip to China.Two sets of official regulations drawn up by the Portuguese Jesuit hierarchyform the basis of this study. These texts reveal how the Society of Jesus organized(or attempted to organize) its members during the year-long passage, making surethat they not only survived, but were also prepared to begin their missionary work.Beyond regulating the everyday life of the Jesuits, touching on aspects from food tostudy to prayer, the rules instruct them how to deal with the problems of sickness,death, and shipwreck. But as members of a religious order, the Jesuits were obligedto carry out charitable and spiritual work among the crews and passengers whotraveled with them. 2000 artículo científico 0874-8438 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=36100104 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=361 Bulletin of Portuguese - Japanese Studies application/pdf Universidade Nova de Lisboa Bulletin of Portuguese - Japanese Studies (Portugal) Num.1 |
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| spellingShingle | Largos caminhos e vastos mares Jesuit Missionaries and the journey to China in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Liam Brockey Historia Largos caminhos e vastos mares Jesuit Missionaries and the journey to China in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Liam Brockey Historia This article is an analysis of unique primary source material concerningJesuit missionaries on the sea voyage to China during the sixteenth and seventeenthcenturies. During this period, hundreds of men embarked in Lisbon on the ships ofthe Carreira da Índia for India and beyond. Sailing from Portugal around Africa andeventually to Goa, the members of the China mission had only completed half oftheir voyage. After months or years waiting at the capital of the Estado da Índia,they would board ship once again for another perilous journey around the subcontinent,through the Straits of Malacca and over the China Sea to Macao. But farfrom being a leisurely journey, this trip took a heavy toll on the numbers of zealousmissionaries impelled across the world by religious fervor. For the chronicallyunderstaffed China mission, who only drew limited numbers of men from Europe,the death of each prospective recruit on the ocean was a tragedy. But since the missionaryenterprise was a perpetual one, the Jesuits were forced to make efforts toprotect their men as well as possible during the journey east. Using a combinationof administrative documents and voyage narratives, this article describes the trialspassed and skills gained during the missionaries trip to China.Two sets of official regulations drawn up by the Portuguese Jesuit hierarchyform the basis of this study. These texts reveal how the Society of Jesus organized(or attempted to organize) its members during the year-long passage, making surethat they not only survived, but were also prepared to begin their missionary work.Beyond regulating the everyday life of the Jesuits, touching on aspects from food tostudy to prayer, the rules instruct them how to deal with the problems of sickness,death, and shipwreck. But as members of a religious order, the Jesuits were obligedto carry out charitable and spiritual work among the crews and passengers whotraveled with them. 2000 artículo científico 0874-8438 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=36100104 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=361 Bulletin of Portuguese - Japanese Studies application/pdf Universidade Nova de Lisboa Bulletin of Portuguese - Japanese Studies (Portugal) Num.1 |
| title | Largos caminhos e vastos mares Jesuit Missionaries and the journey to China in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries |
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