Japanese Christian Women through the Eyes of a Seventeenth Century Spanish Merchant

Bernardino de Ávila’s Relación del Reyno del Nippon is the only secular Spanish account of the martyrdoms of Nagasaki that took place between 1614 and 1619. Opening as a depiction of Japanese history and society, Ávila’s portrait of Japanese women develops from the admiration of physical beauty and...

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Main Author: Santo, Noemí Martín (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2017
In: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
Year: 2017, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 289-310
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBM Asia
KCD Hagiography; saints
Further subjects:B Christian Century
B Japan
B Martyrdom
B Nagasaki
B Seventeenth Century
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