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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... military terror in the Netherlands two decades later was to be as great as the duke of Guise's for intolerance and duplicity in the religious wars of France.11 Enmeshed with these local manifestations of the current European drama lay ...
... military terror in the Netherlands two decades later was to be as great as the duke of Guise's for intolerance and duplicity in the religious wars of France.11 Enmeshed with these local manifestations of the current European drama lay ...
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... military technology was changing swiftly , and these changes necessitated shifts in military tactics . Im- proved and lighter firearms altered the relationship between infantry and cavalry and gave dominance to the cohesive infantry ...
... military technology was changing swiftly , and these changes necessitated shifts in military tactics . Im- proved and lighter firearms altered the relationship between infantry and cavalry and gave dominance to the cohesive infantry ...
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... military prowess of European armies could never accept the ultimate fact that the elite Chinese civil bureaucrats seemed to de- spise both the military officers and their troops . The army was con- stantly watched , he noted , and was ...
... military prowess of European armies could never accept the ultimate fact that the elite Chinese civil bureaucrats seemed to de- spise both the military officers and their troops . The army was con- stantly watched , he noted , and was ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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