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BOXER (C. R.). THE Christian Century in Japan 1549-1650. Berkeley. 1967. - BOXER (C. R.) THE Christian Century in Japan 1549-1650 . Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967. xvi, 536 pp.: il.; 240 mm. This is the 1967 edition of the work first published in 1951 by the University of California Press (Berkeley and Los Angeles) and Cambridge University Press (London). It was republished in 1993 by Carcanet (Manchester), in the Aspects of Portugal collection. This study examines the arrival of the Portuguese in Japan, the organization of the first Jesuit missions, and the actions of Jesuit, Franciscan, Portuguese, and Spanish missions, up to the suppression of Christianity under the Tokugawa dynasty. The chapters cover themes such as the journey from Marco Polo to Mendes Pinto , Japan as seen by the Jesuits, the arrival of the Kurofune , the relationships between Jesuits and friars, Christian culture, and missionary life. The author sees in the history of the ”Christian century” a lesson for the present. The volume includes prints, portraits, a fold-out map of Japan showing the locations where Christians lived or were persecuted, based on maps from Anesaki's Concordance (1930) and Cardim's Eulogies (1650), a bibliography, and an index. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate