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From the renowned historian and author of
The Death of Woman Wang
, a vivid and gripping account of the 16th-century missionarys remarkable sojourn to Ming China
In 1577, the Jesuit Priest Matteo Ricci set out from Italy to bring Christian faith and Western thought to Ming dynasty China. To capture the complex emotional and religious drama of Ricci's extraordinary life, Jonathan Spence relates his subject's experiences with several images that Ricci himself createdfour images derived from the events in the Bible and others from a book on the art of memory that Ricci wrote in Chinese and circulated among members of the Ming dynasty elite. A rich and compelling narrative about a fascinating life,
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci
is also a significant work of global history, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China.
Product information
- Długość wersji drukowanej:368 str.
- Język:Angielski
- Wydawca:Penguin Books
- Data publikacji:3 września 1985
- Wiek czytelnika:18 lat i starsze
- Wymiary:12.86 x 2.11 x 19.69 cm
- ISBN-10:0140080988
- ISBN-13:978-0140080988
- Author:Jonathan D. Spence
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