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Encounters? The De missione dialogus, its Cosmographic Discourses, and the Global Projection of Christian Europe’s Alleged Superiority
Angelo Cattaneo [1] Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Abstract This essay analyses the epistemological foundations of the use and functions of ...
Political Legitimisation and Identity Construction by Italian Courts through the Journey of four Japanese Princes, 1585
Alessandro Tripepi [1] Università degli Studi di Milano Statale Abstract: This article examines the relationship between the Japanese delegation sent ...
Musing on the sources. Contemptus mundi in Japan, 1596
Aiko Okamoto-MacPhail [1] Indiana University Abstract: The Tenshō Mission organized by Alessandro Valignano S. J. brought one or several books ...
Representing Catholic Europe: Alessandro Valignano and De Missione (1590)
Carlo Pelliccia [1] Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma (UNINT) Abstract: The following article examines the information that De Missione (Macau, ...