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CARDIM (Pe. António Francisco). BATALHAS da Companhia de Jesus na sua Gloriosa Provincia do Japão. Lisboa. 1894. - CARDIM (Pe. António Francisco) BATALHAS da Companhia de Jesus na sua Gloriosa Provincia do Japão . Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1894. [18], 294 pp.; 255 mm. First edition, published by Luciano Cordeiro from the unpublished manuscript of the Jesuit António Francisco Cardim, procurator of the Province of Japan, written in the mid-17th century. It is one of the Portuguese reference sources for the history of the Jesuit mission in Japan and the persecution that led to its extinction. The text narrates the work of the Society of Jesus in the archipelago and the persecutions carried out against missionaries and Japanese Christians following the prohibition of Christianity, recounting martyrdoms, the resistance of Christian communities, and attempts by religious orders to re-enter the country. It complements the author's works printed during his lifetime on the same subject, Fasciculus e Iapponicis floribus (Rome, 1646) and Elogios e ramalhete de flores (Lisbon, 1650), and constitutes essential testimony about the so-called ”Christian century” of Japan. Unusual and highly valued. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate