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Matteo Ricci and the Ming Dynasty
Manage episode 165024378 series 1301279
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit priest who in the 16th century led a Christian mission to China. An accomplished scholar, Ricci travelled extensively and came into contact with senior officials of the Ming Dynasty administration. His story is one of the most important encounters between Renaissance Europe and a China which was still virtually closed to outsiders.
With
Mary Laven Reader in Early Modern History at the University of Cambridge
Craig Clunas Professor of the History of Art at the University of Oxford
and
Anne Gerritsen Reader in History at the University of Warwick
Producer: Simon Tillotson.
128 episodes
Manage episode 165024378 series 1301279
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit priest who in the 16th century led a Christian mission to China. An accomplished scholar, Ricci travelled extensively and came into contact with senior officials of the Ming Dynasty administration. His story is one of the most important encounters between Renaissance Europe and a China which was still virtually closed to outsiders.
With
Mary Laven Reader in Early Modern History at the University of Cambridge
Craig Clunas Professor of the History of Art at the University of Oxford
and
Anne Gerritsen Reader in History at the University of Warwick
Producer: Simon Tillotson.
128 episodes
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