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Clark, Anthony E.,

Heaven in conflict : Franciscans and the Boxer uprising in Shanxi / Anthony E. Clark. - 1st edition. - Seattle and London : University of Washington Press, 2014. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.


English.

ISBN: 9780295805405 0295805404

Source: 22573/ctvct307r JSTOR

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Franciscans--History--China--20th century.
Franciscans--History--China--19th century.
Franciscans

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1800-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
HISTORY--Asia--China.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901.
Chine--Histoire--1899-1901 (Révolte des Boxers)
China

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History

LC Class. No.: BX3646.C5 / C53 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 951/.035