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What did it mean to be a stranger in sixteenth- and
seventeenth-century England? How were other nations, cultures, and
religions perceived? What happened when individuals moved between
languages, countries, religions, and spaces? Keywords of Identity,
Race, and Human Mobility analyses a selection of terms that were
central to the conceptualisation of identity, race, migration, and
transculturality in the early modern period. In many cases, the
concepts and debates that they embody - or sometimes subsume - came
to play crucial roles in the articulation of identity, rights, and
power in subsequent periods. Together, the essays in this volume
provide an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the
development of these formative issues.
This open access book reconstructs and examines a crucial episode
of Anglo-Iberian diplomatic rivalry: the clash between the
Portuguese-sponsored Jesuit missionaries and the English East India
Company (EIC) at the Mughal court between 1580 and 1615. This
35-year period includes the launch of the first Jesuit mission to
Akbar's court in 1580 and the preparation of the royal embassy led
by Sir Thomas Roe to negotiate the concession of trading privileges
to the EIC, and encompasses not only the extension of the conflict
between the Iberian crowns and England into Asia, but also the
consolidation of the Mughal Empire. The book examines the
proselytizing and diplomatic activities of the Jesuit missionaries,
the evolution of English diplomatic strategies concerning the
Mughal Empire, and how the Mughal authorities instigated and
exploited Anglo-Iberian rivalry in the pursuit of specific
commercial, geopolitical, and ideological agendas.
This open access book reconstructs and examines a crucial episode
of Anglo-Iberian diplomatic rivalry: the clash between the
Portuguese-sponsored Jesuit missionaries and the English East India
Company (EIC) at the Mughal court between 1580 and 1615. This
35-year period includes the launch of the first Jesuit mission to
Akbar's court in 1580 and the preparation of the royal embassy led
by Sir Thomas Roe to negotiate the concession of trading privileges
to the EIC, and encompasses not only the extension of the conflict
between the Iberian crowns and England into Asia, but also the
consolidation of the Mughal Empire. The book examines the
proselytizing and diplomatic activities of the Jesuit missionaries,
the evolution of English diplomatic strategies concerning the
Mughal Empire, and how the Mughal authorities instigated and
exploited Anglo-Iberian rivalry in the pursuit of specific
commercial, geopolitical, and ideological agendas.
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