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The Spread of Christianity in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries

First Edition ©2018 Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks

This document collection helps students understand the ways in which Christian teachings were communicated and modified by missionaries in various parts of the world in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, as well as investigate how local people responded to Christian teachings and develop...
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The Spread of Christianity in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks - First Edition, 2018 from Macmillan Student Store

This document collection helps students understand the ways in which Christian teachings were communicated and modified by missionaries in various parts of the world in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, as well as investigate how local people responded to Christian teachings and developed their own Christian ideas and practices. Students are guided through their analysis of the primary sources with an author-provided learning objective, central question, and historical context.

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Table of Contents

Central Question
Learning Objective
Historical Background 
Primary Sources    
Bernardino de Sahagún, Sermon, 1540    
Andres de Olmos (?), Final Judgment, 1530s   
Chimalpahin, Annals, 1613    
Juan Fernández, Report on a Religious Debate between Jesuits and Buddhists in Japan, 1551
Hosukawa Tama Gracia, Letter to the Jesuit Superior Gregorio de Cespedes, 1590
Image of the Virgin Mary, Mexico, 16th century    
Painting of the Fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary, Japan, 16th century  

Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks

Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks(Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison) is Distinguished Professor of History, emerita, at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. She is the long-time Senior Editor of the Sixteenth Century Journal and the author or editor of more than thirty books, including A Concise History of the World. From 2017 to 2019 she served as the president of the World History Association.

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