HIST 2751H Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Second Opium War, Methadone, Henry Pottinger
5 Apr 2016
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Francis xavier (1549) at satsuma: given permission to try and spread chrisianity, would go wherever they were given permissions. Some lords treated the missionaries well, to atract portuguese traders: wanted guns from them. Late 16th c authority began to distrust missionaries, and chrisianity. Japanese chrisians were told they needed to renounce chrisianity or they would be executed: maria kannon, hidden chrisians would use her images to hide her faith. Virgin mary: mateo ricci (1582) macao, beijing, learned chinese in macow (portuguese port) Pope said you cant be chrisian and worship the ancestors at the same ime: only one, government decided that chrisianity would be harmful to society, banned the missionaries. Some jesuit missionaries were allowed to stay on: missionaries didn"t have much luck in korea unil the late 19th century, chrisian ideas sill reached korea, western learning- chrisianity and scieniic knowledge. The opium problem: opium made from the resin of the poppy lower, collect the resin, let to age.
