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 113
... priests had noted : They wear their tonsures reversed , hair in the place of the tonsure , and the head around it shaven . They wear white shirts , and turbans on their heads , they go barefoot and wear long beards . They are extremely ...
... priests had noted : They wear their tonsures reversed , hair in the place of the tonsure , and the head around it shaven . They wear white shirts , and turbans on their heads , they go barefoot and wear long beards . They are extremely ...
Page 115
... priests is considered so vile in China that we need this and other similar devices to show them that we are not priests as vile as their own . Supported in his conviction that he had to abandon Chinese priestly dress and appearance both ...
... priests is considered so vile in China that we need this and other similar devices to show them that we are not priests as vile as their own . Supported in his conviction that he had to abandon Chinese priestly dress and appearance both ...
Page 224
... priests of the Japa- nese Buddhist church , a shock intensified by the casualness with which the whole business seemed to be taken . The priests used the young boys , sent to them to be educated , for their sexual pleasure , and laughed ...
... priests of the Japa- nese Buddhist church , a shock intensified by the casualness with which the whole business seemed to be taken . The priests used the young boys , sent to them to be educated , for their sexual pleasure , and laughed ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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