The Memory Palace of Matteo RicciThis book is not only a rich and compelling narrative about Ricci's life in Italy, India, and China, but also a significant work of global history, in which intellectual, social, military, maritime, and religious themes are drawn together, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China. |
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Page 38
... Portuguese dominions in the East , for Sebastian had died unmarried , without an heir . This meant that one of the main claimants to the Portuguese crown would be King Philip II of Spain , and so the future of the Portuguese empire now ...
... Portuguese dominions in the East , for Sebastian had died unmarried , without an heir . This meant that one of the main claimants to the Portuguese crown would be King Philip II of Spain , and so the future of the Portuguese empire now ...
Page 107
... Portuguese shoe- maker who earlier in the century had written visionary tracts on the coming of a new messiah . His works spoke in bold but vague terms of a " Hidden One , ” an Encoberto , a prince who would form a Utopian uni- versal ...
... Portuguese shoe- maker who earlier in the century had written visionary tracts on the coming of a new messiah . His works spoke in bold but vague terms of a " Hidden One , ” an Encoberto , a prince who would form a Utopian uni- versal ...
Page 187
... Portuguese , who feared that the Spanish would dump too much Latin American silver in the Canton market , driving down prices and wrecking their profitable financial deals there . Since the Portuguese had been generous with their alms ...
... Portuguese , who feared that the Spanish would dump too much Latin American silver in the Canton market , driving down prices and wrecking their profitable financial deals there . Since the Portuguese had been generous with their alms ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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