Travel and ethnology in the Renaissance : South India through European eyes, 1250-1625 /

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This book is a major contribution to the study of the encounter between Europeans and non-Europeans in the early modern period and to a neglected aspect of the cultural transformation of Europe throughout the Renaissance. The book proposes a novel approach to the study of European attitudes towards...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rubiés, Joan Pau
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Colección:Past and present publications.
Temas:
Ethnology > Europe > History.
Ethnologie > Europe > Histoire.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Ethnology
Travel
Kulturkontakt
Reiseliteratur
Indienbild
Europäer
Europeanen.
Reisbeschrijvingen.
Beeldvorming.
Cultuurcontact.
Indienbild > Europa > Geschichte Mittelalter.
Indienbild > Europa > Geschichte 16. Jh.
Indienbild > Europa > Geschichte 17. Jh.
Literatur > Motiv > Indien.
Reiseliteratur > Indien > Vijayanagar (Staat) > Europäer > Geschichte > 1250-1625.
Récits de voyages.
Ethnologie > Inde.
India, South > Description and travel.
Inde (Sud) > Description et voyages.
Inde (Sud) > Descriptions et voyages.
Europe
South India
Indien > Süd
Staat Vijayanagar
Europa
Indien > Ethnologie > Geschichte.
Indien > Reisen > Geschichte.
Indien > Motiv > Literatur.
Indien > Motiv.
Vijayanagar (Staat) > Europäer > Reiseliteratur > Geschichte > 1250-1625.
Europäer > Indien > Vijayanagar (Staat) > Reiseliteratur > Geschichte > 1250-1625.
Inde (sud) > Descriptions et voyages.
Inde (sud) > Opinion publique européenne.
Europäer.
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; A note on spelling and vocabulary; 1. In search of India: the empire of Vijayanagara through European eyes; 2. Marco Polo's India and the Latin Christian tradition; 3. Establishing lay science: the merchant and the humanist; 4. Ludovico de Varthema: the curious traveller at the time of Vasco da Gama and Columbus; 5. The Portuguese and Vijayanagara: politics, religion and classification; 6. The practice of ethnography: Indian customs and castes.

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