Mission to China
Subtitle: Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit Encounter with the East
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: Feb 01, 2011
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780571225170
Description: 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.
Notes: Source title: Mission to China: Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit Encounter with the East