The Memory Palace of Matteo RicciFrom the renowned historian and author of The Death of Woman Wang, a vivid and gripping account of the 16th-century missionary’s remarkable sojourn to Ming China In 1577, the Jesuit Priest Matteo Ricci set out from Italy to bring Christian faith and Western thought to Ming dynasty China. To capture the complex emotional and religious drama of Ricci's extraordinary life, Jonathan Spence relates his subject's experiences with several images that Ricci himself created—four images derived from the events in the Bible and others from a book on the art of memory that Ricci wrote in Chinese and circulated among members of the Ming dynasty elite. A rich and compelling narrative about a fascinating life, The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci is also a significant work of global history, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China. |
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... voyage , " the ship was becalmed for two months of desperate tacking off the Guinea coast of Africa ; crew and passengers fell sick with delirium and swollen groins , with no medical help for their pain but bleeding , for Henrique ...
... voyage , " the ship was becalmed for two months of desperate tacking off the Guinea coast of Africa ; crew and passengers fell sick with delirium and swollen groins , with no medical help for their pain but bleeding , for Henrique ...
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... voyage . Couto , Decada Decima , bk . 1 , ch . 16 , p . 147 for the commanders , though his dates of the sailings between 1577 and 1579 are garbled ; Doc . Ind . , 11 / 160-62 , for Jesuit ship assignments . 45. Duffy , Shipwreck , p ...
... voyage . Couto , Decada Decima , bk . 1 , ch . 16 , p . 147 for the commanders , though his dates of the sailings between 1577 and 1579 are garbled ; Doc . Ind . , 11 / 160-62 , for Jesuit ship assignments . 45. Duffy , Shipwreck , p ...
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... Voyages , pp . 285 , 307 , 343 , 351 , gives cumulative details on the intriguing example of a Chinese former slave woman married to an Indian Christian doctor . 19. Goa details in Pyrard , Voyage , 2 / 102-4 ( for a slightly later ...
... Voyages , pp . 285 , 307 , 343 , 351 , gives cumulative details on the intriguing example of a Chinese former slave woman married to an Indian Christian doctor . 19. Goa details in Pyrard , Voyage , 2 / 102-4 ( for a slightly later ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | vii |
A CHRONOLOGY | xiii |
BUILDING THE PALACE | 1 |
Copyright | |
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