Letter On Confucian Temple And English Idolatry In China
A letter by Lien Chi Ahangi to Fum Hoamy narrates a visit to a Chinese temple with English and French observers. It critiques worship practices, notes music, devotion, and social behavior, and ends with the Tower of London feast account from 1470, detailing extreme quantities of food and officials, and the later downfall of the archbishop’s estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lien Chi Ahangi
Fum Hoamy
Pekin
China
Confucius
Mauseolum
Joi
Lepcer
Tower
England
Tower of London
George Nevil
Earl of Warwick
York
Earl of Bedford
Lord Hastings
France
Paris
Port Mahon
Count de Lannion
Minorca
London
Port News: Royal Navy Movements and Allied Arrivals
Portsmouth reports sailings from St Helens and the Motherbank including the Winchester man of war and the Torrington, with various ships convoying to America. Arrivals include the Queen of Portugal at Cowes and the Harriot packet at New York, with other ships in Plymouth, Hambro, Amsterdam, and Portsmouth ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
St. Helen’s
Winchester
America
Torrington
Downs
Motherbank
Lyon
Rotterdam
Andrew Headley
Guernsey
Prince
Anna Maria
Soren Buschmann
Deal
Wind N. N. E
Cowes
Portugal
Simpson
North Carolina
Plymouth
Swallow
Gereing
Hambro
Sarah Gally
Taake
London
Amsterdam
Maria, Hansen
Ditto
Lady Elizabeth
Meinderts
New York
Harriot Pacquet
Bonnell
Falmouth
Catherine, Green
Fort William
European diplomacy and looming campaigns across Europe
Reports from London and Vienna describe Austrian and French maneuvering over Poland, Saxony, and Bavaria, with contingents and fortifications growing. Emperors, empresses, and ministers weigh peace prospects, while French forces prepare sieges and German circles tighten military obligations amid rising tensions and strategic deployments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Poland
Saxony
Dulas
France
England
Leas
Netherlands
Eldese
Kalkreuth
Cologn
M. Daun
Dresden
Fouquet
Schmettau
Lowenberg
Greiffenberg
Laudan
Lower Silesia
Neifs
Aulic Council
Franconia
Laudohn
Silesia
Schonbrun
Copenhagen
Neurer
Russia
Sweden
Prince Royal
Holstein
Norway
Prussia
Narenberg
Haddick
Ighat
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cloysters
Port News
Ratifbor
Bohemia
Bonn
Munich
Ruffia
Bavaria
Tme
Hanover
Francfort
Munster
Lipstadt
Marburgh
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