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Old Worlds, New Worlds - European Cultural Encounters, C.1000-C.1750 (Hardcover)
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Old Worlds, New Worlds - European Cultural Encounters, C.1000-C.1750 (Hardcover)
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Pre-modern European history is replete with moments of encounter.
At the end of arduous sea and land journeys, and en route,
Europeans met people who challenged their assumptions and
certainties about the world. Some sought riches, others allies;
some looked for Christian converts and some aimed for conquest.
Others experienced the forced cultural encounter of exile. Many
travelled only in imagination, forming ideas which have become
foundational to modern mentalities: race, ethnicity, nation, and
the nature of humanity. The consequences were profound: both
productive and destructive. At the beginning of the third
millennium CE we occupy a world shaped by those centuries of travel
and encounter. This collection examines key themes and moments in
European cultural expansion. Unlike many studies it spans both the
medieval and early modern periods, challenging the stereotype of
the post-Columbus 'age of discovery'. There is room too for
examining cross-cultural relationships within Europe and regions
closely linked to it, to show that curiosity, conflict and
transformation could result from such meetings as they did in more
far-flung realms. Several essays deal with authors, events, and
ideas which will be unfamiliar to most readers but which deserve
greater attention in the history of encounter and exploration.
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