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Mandarins and Martyrs

The Church and the Nguyen Dynasty in Early Nineteenth-century Vietnam

  • Hardback
  • 224 pages
  • Publisher: Stanford University Press
  • 16.2 x 23.1 x 1.9 cm

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For readers curious about Vietnam's Catholic history.

"Mandarins and Martyrs" uncovers hidden truths.

You gain insight into faith's role in Vietnam's past.

Discover the untold stories of faith and conflict in early nineteenth-century Vietnam with Jacob Ramsay's insightful exploration of Catholicism and its impact on the Nguyen dynasty.

This book examines the rise of anti-Catholic hostility in early nineteenth-century Vietnam under the Nguyen dynasty. French missionaries have long been blamed for the destabilization of dynastic Vietnam and the anti-Catholic violence that preceded the French invasion in 1858. But the focus on the political conflict leading to the Nguyen court's antipathy to the church overlooks the significance of Catholicism as a popular religion. Focusing on, but not limited to, the Cochinchina region, this study explores grassroots experiences of the religion and the conflict between the Nguyen court and missionaries of the Missions Etrangeres de Paris (MEP). To do so, it draws on the correspondence of French missionaries and Vietnamese priests from the MEP archive, and on vernacular Vietnamese translations of the Nguyen dynastic record, to provide a new perspective on Nguyen Vietnam from the 1820s to the 1860s.
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  • Title

    Mandarins and Martyrs

  • Author

    Jacob Ramsay

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Stanford University Press

  • Published

    April 2008

  • Weight

    441g

  • Page Count

    224

  • Dimensions

    16.2 x 23.1 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780804756518

  • ISBN-10

    0804756511

  • Eden Code

    1159604