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Changing Gods in Medieval China, 1127-1276
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Changing Gods in Medieval China, 1127-1276
Contributors:
By (Author) Valerie Hansen
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Asian history
Dewey:
951.024
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
270
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
539g
Description
In her study of medieval Chinese lay practices and beliefs, Valerie Hansen argues that social and economic developments underlay religious changes in the Southern Song. Unfamiliar with the contents of Buddhist and Daoist texts, the common people hired the practitioner or prayed to the god they thought could cure the ill or bring rain. As the econom
