Mission to China : Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit encounter with the East / Mary Laven.
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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| Main Author: |
Laven, Mary, 1969- |
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
London :
Faber,
2011.
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