Changing Gods In Medieval China, 1127-1276

by Valerie Hansen
language: english
Publisher: Princeton University Press, July of 2014 ‧
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In her study of medieval Chinese lay practices and beliefs, Valerie Hansen argues that social and economic developments underlay religious changes in the Southern Song. Unfamiliar with the contents of Buddhist and Daoist texts, the common people hired the practitioner or prayed to the god they thought could cure the ill or bring rain. As the econom

Changing Gods In Medieval China, 1127-1276

by Valerie Hansen

Property Description
ISBN: 9780691608631
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date: July of 2014
Language: English
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 270
Format: Book
Collection: Princeton Legacy Library
Categories: Books in English > History > History of Asia
EAN: 9780691608631

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Valerie Hansen

Valerie Hansen é docente de História na Universidade de Yale. Especialista em História da China e em História Mundial, leciona estas temáticas há mais de 30 anos. É autora de diversas obras aclamadas, incluindo The Open Empire: A History of China to 1600 e The Silk Road: A New History, e coautora de Voyages in World History.

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