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 79
... slaves to embrace Christianity even as the ship crossed the Indian Ocean was a joyful task for the priests , and most slaves chose the faith after they had seen their first comrades die ; in many cases Muslim slaves were baptized if ...
... slaves to embrace Christianity even as the ship crossed the Indian Ocean was a joyful task for the priests , and most slaves chose the faith after they had seen their first comrades die ; in many cases Muslim slaves were baptized if ...
Page 192
... slaves ( without counting those slaves ' wives and children ) and the Jesuits themselves in China had several black " Kaffir " and " Indian " servants and doorkeepers who were surely not free wage- laborers . " Many slaves fled from ...
... slaves ( without counting those slaves ' wives and children ) and the Jesuits themselves in China had several black " Kaffir " and " Indian " servants and doorkeepers who were surely not free wage- laborers . " Many slaves fled from ...
Page 209
... slaves outnumbered freemen five to one . Ricci discussed quite openly in his Historia his activist role in re- turning runaway slaves in China to the Portuguese authorities in Macao , and he himself had black slaves- " gente negra dell ...
... slaves outnumbered freemen five to one . Ricci discussed quite openly in his Historia his activist role in re- turning runaway slaves in China to the Portuguese authorities in Macao , and he himself had black slaves- " gente negra dell ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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