Mission to China: Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit Encounter with the East

Name: Mission to China: Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit Encounter with the East
Brand: FABER & FABER LTD
SKU: 510531
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ISBN

9780571225187

Mladinska knjiga ID

510531

Leto izida

2012

Velikost (šxdxv)

150 × 200 × 10

Status dobavljivosti

7-10 delovnih dni

Jezik

ANG

Teža

300 g

Založnik

FABER & FABER LTD

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MARY LAVEN

Opis

In the sixteenth century, the vast and sophisticated empire of China lay almost entirely unknown to Western travellers. As global trade expanded, this land of reputedly boundless wealth, pale-faced women, and indecipherable tongues began to feed the fantasies of European merchants and adventurers. The Catholic Church, meanwhile, saw in this great people millions of souls who would be damned unless the Christian message could be brought to them. In this book, Mary Laven tells the extraordinary story of the first Jesuit mission to China. 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 the fabled Forbidden City. Living among eunuchs and mandarins, wearing the clothes of Confucian scholars, Ricci and his associates strove to master the language and culture of their hosts. At the same time, they energetically preached the virtues of Western art and science. In "Mission to China" Mary Laven brings this remote world vividly to life.