HIST 218 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Tokugawa Ieyasu, Endangerment, Qianlong Emperor
15 Jan 2013
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Portuguese in east asia pioneers in european expansion reached indian in 1498. Portuguese originally financed themselves with mixture of trade and piracy. Macao, however, remained officially chinese until ceded to portugal in. Missionary impulse provided strong incentive and religious sanction for. Missionary, not trader, served as prime intermediary between east. Asia and the west from sixteenth to twentieth century founded in 1540, jesuits flourished under catholic counter- Reformation; regarded as "the cavalry of the church" known for stress on martial discipline, intensive religious training, intellectual vigour, and depth of learning the ideal jesuit was as learned as he was disciplined and devout. 1549, st. francis xavier, a jesuit, lands on kyushu. Was well-received, and first impressions on both sides were favourable. The jesuit combination of martial pride, stern self-discipline, and religious piety fitted well with the ethos of sixteenth-century japan initially christianity seemed like just another type of buddhism.
