Mission to China: Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit encounter with the East
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 t...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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London
faber and faber
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ricci, Matteo 1552-1610
B China / Jesuits / Mission |
| Further subjects: | B
China - Social conditions - 960-1644
B China - Religion - 17th century |
| Summary: | 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 Literaturangaben |
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| ISBN: | 0571225179 |