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 106
... Jewish origin who in the years after the expulsion of the Jews from Portugal in 1497 had been forcibly converted to Christianity - and he had the courage to tell General Acquaviva so in the first letter that he wrote to him in 1581 . 38 ...
... Jewish origin who in the years after the expulsion of the Jews from Portugal in 1497 had been forcibly converted to Christianity - and he had the courage to tell General Acquaviva so in the first letter that he wrote to him in 1581 . 38 ...
Page 108
... Jews expelled from Spain and Portugal , and Ricci may also have had some knowledge of their activities there , especially since persecutions of the Ancona Jews by the Inquisition led to a trade boycott of the city by the Jews in the ...
... Jews expelled from Spain and Portugal , and Ricci may also have had some knowledge of their activities there , especially since persecutions of the Ancona Jews by the Inquisition led to a trade boycott of the city by the Jews in the ...
Page 110
... Jews who had been burned at the stake in Ancona alone.46 Throughout the sixteenth century the Portuguese were quite aware of the flights of Jews from the country , whether to Ancona ( where the Papacy initially promised them a refuge ) ...
... Jews who had been burned at the stake in Ancona alone.46 Throughout the sixteenth century the Portuguese were quite aware of the flights of Jews from the country , whether to Ancona ( where the Papacy initially promised them a refuge ) ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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