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1 online resource |
Contents |
Chronology of Franciscans in China -- Map of Shanxi -- Prologue: war of the immortals -- The drought and the heavenly battle -- Taiyuan, from mission to diocese -- Boxers and local gods -- Catholics and foreign gods -- The deluge and the earthly battle -- Red lantern women and Franciscan sisters -- Friars, magistrates, and the fists of righteous harmony -- Revenge and reconstruction |
Summary |
One of the most violent episodes of China's Boxer Uprising was the Taiyuan Massacre of 1900, in which rebels killed foreign missionaries and thousands of Chinese Christians. This first sustained scholarly account of the uprising to focus on Shanxi Province illuminates the religious and cultural beliefs on both sides of the conflict and shows how they came to clash |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Franciscans -- China -- History -- 20th century
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Franciscans -- China -- History -- 19th century
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SUBJECT |
Franciscans fast |
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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SUBJECT |
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024100
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Subject |
China
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780295805405 |
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0295805404 |
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