Ebook: Mission to China: Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit encounter with the East
Author: Jesuiten, Jesuits, Laven Mary, Ricci Matteo
- Tags: Jezuïeten, Missie, Missions, Religion, Social conditions, Biographie, History, Ricci Matteo -- 1552-1610, Jesuits -- Missions -- China -- History -- 17th century, Jesuits, Ricci Matteo -- 1552-1610, Jesuiten, China -- Religion -- 17th century, China -- Social conditions -- 960-1644, China, Jezuïeten
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- City: China
- Language: English
- epub
Tells the story of the first Jesuit mission to China. This title shows how, confronting enormous challenges, the Italian priest Matteo Ricci and a tiny handful of learned companions gained permission from the notoriously xenophobic Wanli emperor to settle in this fabled Forbidden City and preached the virtues of Western art and science.
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