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 248
... converts : for the merchant who gave Ricci forty ducats ' worth of the bronze religious statues he used to sell , so they could be melted down ; or for another convert who built a furnace in the grounds of his own Peking home so he ...
... converts : for the merchant who gave Ricci forty ducats ' worth of the bronze religious statues he used to sell , so they could be melted down ; or for another convert who built a furnace in the grounds of his own Peking home so he ...
Page 250
... converts would spend much — perhaps most - of their energies attacking Buddhism in China , since Buddhism was their central rival in its claim to ethical good and in performance of acts of charity . Buddhist charitable organizations ...
... converts would spend much — perhaps most - of their energies attacking Buddhism in China , since Buddhism was their central rival in its claim to ethical good and in performance of acts of charity . Buddhist charitable organizations ...
Page 302
... converts of whom several were women . 46. FR , 1 / 314-18 , 2/94 . More precise numbers can be plotted through the analytical index in FR , 3/80 , under " Battesimi , " broken down by area . 47. Peking area figures of converts , FR , 2 ...
... converts of whom several were women . 46. FR , 1 / 314-18 , 2/94 . More precise numbers can be plotted through the analytical index in FR , 3/80 , under " Battesimi , " broken down by area . 47. Peking area figures of converts , FR , 2 ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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