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
... death or capture and to make their way back to the fleet anchored off the coast . 34 Two specially commissioned vessels left Lisbon late that year to carry news of the catastrophe to Goa and the other Portuguese dominions in the East ...
... death or capture and to make their way back to the fleet anchored off the coast . 34 Two specially commissioned vessels left Lisbon late that year to carry news of the catastrophe to Goa and the other Portuguese dominions in the East ...
Page 49
... death , which occurred in Canton in 1606. Ricci was not a witness , but he reconstructed the grim events in a heartfelt passage of his Historia . Francesco Martines was the baptismal name of a young Chinese , born Huang Mingshao in ...
... death , which occurred in Canton in 1606. Ricci was not a witness , but he reconstructed the grim events in a heartfelt passage of his Historia . Francesco Martines was the baptismal name of a young Chinese , born Huang Mingshao in ...
Page 256
... death , or had at least discussed them with him . As Li had written in an essay called " Five Ways to Die , " death for a worthy cause was the fin- est , followed by death in battle , death as a martyr , death as a loyal min- ister ...
... death , or had at least discussed them with him . As Li had written in an essay called " Five Ways to Die , " death for a worthy cause was the fin- est , followed by death in battle , death as a martyr , death as a loyal min- ister ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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