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EVANGELIZATION, POLITICS, AND TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER IN 17™-CENTURY COCHINCHINA:
THE CASE OF JOAO DA CRUZ
ALEXEI VOLKOV
(citation: Volkov, Alexei. (2012). Evangelization, politics, and technology transfer in 17th-century CochinChina: The case of João da cruz. 31-70. 10.1142/9789814390446_0002.)
Center for General Education and Institute of History, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sect. 2, Kuang-fu Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
The paper is devoted to the life and activities of Joao da Cruz (16107-1682), a half-Portuguese expert in foundry and cannon-making who worked for the Court of Cochin-china (Central Vietnam) since 1650s. The author argues that the activities of Joao da Cruz entailed appointments of Jesuit missionaries to the positions of Royal Astronomers and Royal Physicians for the period from the late M’*’ century to the second half of the 18 th century. The author suggests that Joao’s activities and political agenda could be properly understood only if one takes into account the hypothesis of his knighthood in the Military Order of Christ, which until now was not paid due attention by historians. Tiếp tục đọc “Evangelization, politics, and technology transfer in 17th-century CochinChina: The case of João da Cruz” →
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