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

hosts. At the same time, they energetically preached the virtues of Western art and science.What were the motives of the carpenters and boatmen, the mothers, fathers and children who burned their idols and were cleansed with the waters of baptism? Mary Laven tries to answer these questions, as she brings this remote world vividly to life. [Publisher's text]

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