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 41
... India . In a report of that year , Valignano described the future of India in the darkest terms : he described a gov- ernment system so bad that the Jesuits hesitated to hear the confessions of the civil and military officials , and ...
... India . In a report of that year , Valignano described the future of India in the darkest terms : he described a gov- ernment system so bad that the Jesuits hesitated to hear the confessions of the civil and military officials , and ...
Page 71
... India , " very strong and like a firm rock in all the winds that blew , " in the words of the chronicler of her fate , the pharmacist Hen- rique Dias who sailed on her for Goa with his full medicine chest , " she was an ill sailor when ...
... India , " very strong and like a firm rock in all the winds that blew , " in the words of the chronicler of her fate , the pharmacist Hen- rique Dias who sailed on her for Goa with his full medicine chest , " she was an ill sailor when ...
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... India in responsible positions . " 56 The Jesuits in India directed a good deal of their energies not to Muslims or Jews but to the slightly more receptive communities of in- digenous Christians that were numerous to the south of Goa ...
... India in responsible positions . " 56 The Jesuits in India directed a good deal of their energies not to Muslims or Jews but to the slightly more receptive communities of in- digenous Christians that were numerous to the south of Goa ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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