The Wise Man from the West

by Vincent Cronin

Paperback, 1957

Status

Available

Call number

922.251

Tags

Christianity, theology, Image book

Genres

Collection

Your library

Publication

Doubleday Image Books (1957), Edition: 1st Printing, Paperback, 276 pages

Description

This text gives account of the meeting and subsequent relationship between Matteo Ricci, an early recruit of the Jesuit order, and the Chinese Emperor and the Mandarins. It tells of how Ricci, sent as missionary in 1582, took with him Christianity and the technology and philosophy of the West.

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Popular biography/hagiography of Matteo Ricci, brillian scholar and Catholic missionary in Ming China

Subjects

China Social life and customs 960-1644
Italians China History
Missionaries China Biography
Ricci, Matteo, 1552-1610

Language

English

ISBN

none

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