![]() | Heaven in Conflict: Franciscans and the Boxer Uprising in Shanxi Subjects: Franciscans -- China -- History -- 19th century; Franciscans -- China -- History -- 20th century; China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion 1899–1901; One of the most violent episodes of China's Boxer Uprising was the Taiyuan Massacre of 1900, in which rebels killed foreign missionaries and thousands of Chinese Christians. This first sustained scholarly account of the uprising to focus on Shanxi Province illuminates the religious and cultural beliefs on both sides of the conflict and shows how they came to clash. Anthony E. Clark is associate professor of history at Whitworth University and the author of China's Saints: Catholic Martyrdom during the Qing (1644-1911) . |
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