The Arrival of the Europeans
n Franciscans and Dominicans
worked to gain converts
among the masses.
n The Jesuits followed the Di
Nobili precedent from India in
trying to win the court elite.
n Scientific and technical
knowledge were the keys to
success at the court. Jesuits
like Matteo Ricci and Adam
Schall displayed such
learning, but they won few
converts among the hostile
scholar-gentry who
considered them mere
barbarians.