Ecclesiastical Colony: China's Catholic Church and the French Religious Protectorate

by Ernest P. Young

The French Religious Protectorate was an institutionalized and enduring policy of the French government, based on a claim by the French state to be guardian of all Catholics in China. The expansive nature of the Protectorate's claim across nationalities elicited opposition from official and ordinary Chinese, other foreign countries, and even the pope. Yet French authorities believed their Protectorate was essential to their political prominence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199924627
• ISBN13: 9780199924622
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"