THE FIRST FRENCH IN MACAO THE JESUIT ALEXANDRE DE RHODES (1591/93-1660)到澳門的第一位法國人：耶穌會傳教士亞歷山大‧羅德 (1591/93-1660)
The article reconstructs and interprets the presence of Alexandre de Rhodes (1591/93–1660) in Macau, proposing a new reading of his status as the "first Frenchman" to live and work in the city for more than twelve years. Drawing on a historiographical approach centered on biographical reconstruction...
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| Published in: | Review of Culture |
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Instituto Cultural de Macau
2013
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| Online Access: | https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40044/2425 |
| Summary: | The article reconstructs and interprets the presence of Alexandre de Rhodes (1591/93–1660) in Macau, proposing a new reading of his status as the "first Frenchman" to live and work in the city for more than twelve years. Drawing on a historiographical approach centered on biographical reconstruction and critical analysis of missionary itineraries, the author articulates the documentation produced by the Jesuit himself (memoirs and writings) with the institutional context of the Portuguese Padroado, the Atlantic-Asian dynamics of the Goa routes, and the political conditions of the missions in Vietnam. The research demonstrates that his arrival in Macau in 1623 should not be understood as a peripheral episode, but rather as a point of logistical and linguistic articulation for Jesuit expansion. By highlighting the importance of learning Vietnamese, the author reveals the difference between missionary practices mediated by interpreters and the strategy of cultural integration that Rhodes sought to develop. It concludes that his work in Macau functioned simultaneously as a platform for recruitment, training, and circulation of knowledge, influencing how evangelization in Tonkin and Cochinchina was consolidated—within a context of instability, expulsions, and rivalries among local powers. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1106 |