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 117
... Islam , Catholicism , and Judaism . Before he even reached China he had proba- bly read something about the prevalence of Islam there , since both Ga- leota Pereira and Gaspar da Cruz had mentioned this fact in their published reports ...
... Islam , Catholicism , and Judaism . Before he even reached China he had proba- bly read something about the prevalence of Islam there , since both Ga- leota Pereira and Gaspar da Cruz had mentioned this fact in their published reports ...
Page 291
... Islam is in Thiersant , 1 / 55-56 . Liu Zhi's life of Muhammad , showing a basic eighteenth - century Chinese view of Islam , has been translated and annotated by Isaac Mason , Arabian Prophet ( Shanghai , 1921 ) . 86. OS , p . 290 ...
... Islam is in Thiersant , 1 / 55-56 . Liu Zhi's life of Muhammad , showing a basic eighteenth - century Chinese view of Islam , has been translated and annotated by Isaac Mason , Arabian Prophet ( Shanghai , 1921 ) . 86. OS , p . 290 ...
Page 345
... Islam , 96 ; in China , 95 , 117-27 ; Euro- pean views on , 102 ; and homosexual- ity , 222 ; parallelism between Catholicism , Judaism and , 101 , 116 , 117-27 ; power in 16th century India , 101-106 . See also Muslims Italy , 20 , 97 ...
... Islam , 96 ; in China , 95 , 117-27 ; Euro- pean views on , 102 ; and homosexual- ity , 222 ; parallelism between Catholicism , Judaism and , 101 , 116 , 117-27 ; power in 16th century India , 101-106 . See also Muslims Italy , 20 , 97 ...
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THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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