The Land of The Great Image

Being Experiences of Friar Manrique in Arakan

Maurice Collis (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

260 Seiten

2023
Manohar Publishers and Distributors (Verlag)
978-81-19139-51-4 (ISBN)

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The later part of this book contains his visit to the Burmese court and the vivid description of it, the assassination of the Arakanese monarch Thiri-Thu Dhamma, and the murder of Manrique himself.

This volume is based on the memoirs of the Augustinian friar Sebastien Manrique’s expedition to South and Southeast Asia from ad 1590-1600. The biographical account begins with the intricate details about the Portuguese colony of Goa, which Manrique calls ‘Golden Goa’. The author narrates Manrique’s visit to a Jesuit-run hospital in Goa, his pilgrimage to Bom Jesus Basilica, and the embalmed mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier, the revered Roman Catholic saint of Goa. The memoir describes the Jesuit missionary’s visit to the Mughal court under Akbar, Manrique's meeting with Roberto de Nobili and other Augustinian friars, and his visit to Bengal, around Hooghly, where an Augustinian monastery was located.

Maurice Collis was an English officer and a profound writer. He served as an administrator in Burma, which at that time was a British colony. After entering into the Indian Civil Service, he served in Palestine in 1917.

Introductory 11
II. Portuguese Asia13
III. Golden Goa 24
The Jesuit Hospital 25
Life Of A Soldier 27
A Great Lady Goes To Mass 30
Slaves 31
A Visit To The Viceroy32
Saint Francis Xavier 35
Xavier's Corpse 37
Thejesuits And The Great Mughal 40
The Strange Case Of De Nobili, SJ 41
An Auto-Da-Fa' 47
The Augustinians 66
IV. Friar Manrique Sets Out 68
V. Friar Manrique In Danger Of Decapitation 72
VI. Demonism 77
VII. Among The Slavers Of Dianga 86
VIII. Startling News 96
IX. The Tiger100
X. The Colloquy In The Jungle 104
XI. The Image On The Pass 109
XII. The Admiral 115
XIII. The Comptroller-General Of The House
xiv. The Audience 127
XV THE Blessed One132
XVI The Five Taslims 139
XVII The Dedication Of The Church 143
XVIII. The Debate With The Royal Chaplain148
XIX. The White Elephant 153
XX. The Tooth160
XXI. The Grand Dowager 171
XXII. Toys For The Princes 176
XXIII. The Taking Of Hugli 180
XXIV. Friar Manrique Is Appointed Attaché192
XXV. Friar Manrique Takes The Yellow Robe194
XXVI. The Elixir 203
XXVIIV. Prelude To The Coronation 210
XXV.III The Coronation 218
XXIX. Friar Manrique Is Taken For A Slaver226
XXX. The Strange Murder Of King Thiri-Thu-Dhamma 258
XXXI. The Murder Of Friar Manrique245
XXXII. Concluding Observations 248
List Of Principal Authorities 254
Index 255

Erscheinungsdatum	03.01.2024
Verlagsort	New Delhi
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
ISBN-10	81-19139-51-8 / 8119139518
ISBN-13	978-81-19139-51-4 / 9788119139514
Zustand	Neuware