Ambassador's Men
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Christian Ambassadors
cross-cultural encounters
Dead Man
diplomatic history research
early modern English perceptions of Islam
early modern travel
East Indies
Edward Webbe
English orientalism
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Fynes Moryson
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Grand Seignior
Great Turk
Holy Men
Islam in Europe
Jan Huyghen Van Linschoten
john
John Fryer
Linen Roll
Majesty's Ambassador
master
Master Gunner
Murad III
orbis
Pan Cakes
prester
religious conflict studies
seignior
Sherley Brothers
Sir Dodmore Cotton
Sir Paul Pindar
soldier
Susan Skilliter
terrarum
theatrum
turkish
Turkish Monarch
Waters Falling
William Harborne
WILLIAM LITHGOW
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415147576
- Weight: 560g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 10 Jun 1999
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Early Modern Tales of Orient is the first volume to collect together these travellers' tales and make them available to today's students and scholars. By introducing a fascinating array of accounts (of exploration, diplomatic, and commercial ventures), Kenneth Parker challenges widely-held assumptions about Early Modern encounters in the Orient. The documents assembled in Early Modern Tales of Orient have extraordinary resonance for us today. Many of the discourses which in part, emerged from those early encounters - such as Islamophobia, English Nationalism, and the Catholic/Protestant divide - are still active in contemporary society. This volume sheds a unique light on the development of a very English interest in 'the exotic'.
Kenneth Parker is Emeritus Professor and formerly Head of the Cultural Studies Graduate Centre, University of East London, UK.
