The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci

Download or Read eBook The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci PDF written by Jonathan D. Spence and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1985-09-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 369
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ISBN-10 : 9780140080988
ISBN-13 : 0140080988
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Book Synopsis The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci by : Jonathan D. Spence

Book excerpt: From 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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