{"product_id":"the-memory-palace-of-matteo-ricci-isbn-9780140080988","title":"The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the renowned historian and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Woman Wang\u003c\/i\u003e, a vivid and gripping account of the 16th-century missionary’s remarkable sojourn to Ming China\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn 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,\u003ci\u003e The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci \u003c\/i\u003eis also a significant work of global history, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China.The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci - Jonathan D. Spence       Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eMatteo Ricci: A Chronology\u003cbr\u003eOne: Building the Palace\u003cbr\u003eTwo: The First Image: The Warriors\u003cbr\u003eThree: The First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves\u003cbr\u003eFour: The Second Image: The Huihui\u003cbr\u003eFive: The Second Picture: The Road to Emmaus\u003cbr\u003eSix: The Third Image: Profit and Harvest\u003cbr\u003eSeven: The Third Picture: The Men of Sodom\u003cbr\u003eEight: The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture\u003cbr\u003eNine: Inside the Palace\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“An extraordinarily delicate achievement . . . Resembles the portrait of an age.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A gripping portrait of late-sixteenth-century cultural history in both the West and the East.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eNatalie Zemon Davis, Princeton University, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Martin Guerre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJohn King Fairbank, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Spence (1936-2021):\u003c\/b\u003e  Was the author of more than a dozen well-regarded books \"which illuminate China's vast history through details that illuminated bigger pictures and themes. (The New York Times)\" including  \u003ci\u003eThe Gate of Heavenly Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTreason by the Book\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Woman Wang\u003c\/i\u003e. His awards include a Guggenheim and a MacArthur Fellowship. He was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University from 1993 to 2008.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301315334373,"sku":"NP9780140080988","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140080988.jpg?v=1767740470","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-memory-palace-of-matteo-ricci-isbn-9780140080988","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}