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A Vietnamese Moses: Philiphe Binh and the Geographies of Early Modern Catholicism George E. Dutton
A Vietnamese Moses: Philiphe Binh and the Geographies of Early Modern Catholicism
George E. Dutton
A story of Philiphe Binh, a Vietnamese Catholic priest who in 1796 traveled from Tonkin to the Portuguese court in Lisbon to persuade its ruler to appoint a bishop for his community of ex-Jesuits. This book examines how the intersections of Roman Catholic geographies shaped the lives of Vietnamese Christians in the early modern era.
352 pages, 27 b/w, 5 maps
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 12, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520293434 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 350 |
| Dimensions | 230 × 155 × 25 mm · 490 g |