Mission to China - Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit Encounter With the East

Informationen zum Autor 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.. Klappentext In the sixteenth century, the vast and sophisticated empire of China lay almost entirely unknown to Western travellers. Mission to China: Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit Encounter with the East , by Mary Laven, is the critically acclaimed, extraordinary story of the first Jesuit mission to China Zusammenfassung In the sixteenth century, the vast and sophisticated empire of China lay almost entirely unknown to Western travellers.

About the author

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..

Product details

• Authors: Mary Laven
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.01.2012
• EAN: 9780571225187
• ISBN: 978-0-571-22518-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Geographical discovery & exploration, Christianity, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Religious mission and Religious Conversion, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Colonialism; East vs West; Empires; Jesuits; Pioneers