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The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci

By Jonathan D. Spence

By Jonathan D. Spence

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Sep 03, 1985 | ISBN 9780140080988

The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci by Jonathan D. Spence
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Sep 03, 1985 | ISBN 9780140080988

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About The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci

From the renowned historian and author of The Death of Woman Wang, a vivid and gripping account of the 16th-century missionary’s remarkable sojourn to Ming China
 
In 1577, the Jesuit Priest Matteo Ricci set out from Italy to bring Christian faith and Western thought to Ming dynasty China. To capture the complex emotional and religious drama of Ricci’s extraordinary life, Jonathan Spence relates his subject’s experiences with several images that Ricci himself created—four images derived from the events in the Bible and others from a book on the art of memory that Ricci wrote in Chinese and circulated among members of the Ming dynasty elite. A rich and compelling narrative about a fascinating life, The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci is also a significant work of global history, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China.

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About Jonathan D. Spence

Jonathan D. Spence’s 11 books on Chinese history include The Gate of Heavenly Peace, Treason by the Book, and The Death of Woman Wang. He has been awarded Guggenheim and MacArthur fellowships and is professor emeritus of history at Yale University.

Product Details

Category: Asian World History | Biography & Memoir

Paperback | $18.00
Published by Penguin Books
Sep 03, 1985 | 368 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140080988

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Praise

Praise for The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci:
 
“An extraordinarily delicate achievement . . . Resembles the portrait of an age.”
—The New York Times Book Review
 
“A gripping portrait of late-sixteenth-century cultural history in both the West and the East.”
—Natalie Zemon Davis, Princeton University, author of The Return of Martin Guerre
 
“An extraordinary tour de force, a work of literature and at the same time a remarkable wide-ranging use of historical sources. This is the kind of history that most people in the profession cannot even begin to write.”
—John King Fairbank, Harvard University

Table Of Contents

The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci – Jonathan D. Spence Acknowledgments
Matteo Ricci: A Chronology
One: Building the Palace
Two: The First Image: The Warriors
Three: The First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves
Four: The Second Image: The Huihui
Five: The Second Picture: The Road to Emmaus
Six: The Third Image: Profit and Harvest
Seven: The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom
Eight: The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture
Nine: Inside the Palace
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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