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The Dangers of Missionary Journeys to the New World in the Light of Correspondence by Czech Jesuits from the 17th and 18th Centuries
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This article aims to present the dangers faced by missionaries from the Bohemian Province of the Society of Jesus during their missionary expeditions to the New World in the 17th and 18th centuries. The primary source for this study is the correspondence of the Jesuits. The missionaries reported in their letters on the difficulty of their journey lasting many months and on the places where they conducted their missionary work . In addition to interesting details of everyday life and passages describing the specific character of foreign regions, the correspondence also contains records of unexpected and dangerous events. The style of the letters indicates that their authors were masters of language, familiar with the principles of epistolography and rhetoric. This article examines both the types of danger experienced by the missionaries and the ways in which they depicted situations, circumstances, and states of peril in their correspondence.
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Jesuits, missionary journeys, New World, dangers, correspondence, Czech literature, 17th and 18th centuriesDetails
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