Mission to China
In the sixteenth century, the vast and sophisticated empire of China lay almost entirely unknown to Western travellers. Confronting enormous challenges, the Italian priest Matteo Ricci and a tiny handful of learned companions gained permission to settle in...
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In the sixteenth century, the vast and sophisticated empire of China lay almost entirely unknown to Western travellers. Confronting enormous challenges, the Italian priest Matteo Ricci and a tiny handful of learned companions gained permission to settle in the fabled Forbidden City. This title tells the story of the first Jesuit mission to China.
Autoren-Porträt von Mary Laven
Mary Laven lectures in History at the University of Cambridge, and is a Fellow of Jesus College. She grew up in Canterbury, and apart from interludes in Venice and York, has spent most of her subsequent life in Cambridge. She loves Italy, archives, beer, and walking around the suburbs of unfamiliar cities. Her first book, Virgins of Venice: Enclosed Lives and Broken Vows in the Renaissance Convent, won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize.
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- Autor: Mary Laven
- 304 Seiten, mit farbigen Abbildungen, Maße: 13,3 x 20 cm, Taschenbuch
- Verlag: Faber & Faber
- ISBN-10: 0571225187
- ISBN-13: 9780571225187
- Erscheinungsdatum: 31.12.2007
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