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Courtly encounters : translating courtliness and violence in early modern Eurasia /Sanjay Subrahmanyam

By: Sanjay SubrahmanyamContributor(s): Sanjay SubrahmanyamMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: International Book Distributors | ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press , ©2012Description: xvi,312 Pages ;23 cmISBN: 9780674067059Subject(s): HistoryGenre/Form: History of AsiaDDC classification: 950 SUB

Contents:

""Contents""; ""List of Maps and Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Courtly Insults""; ""2. Courtly Martyrdom""; ""3. Courtly Representations""; ""Conclusion: Difficult Junctions""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Summary: Cross-cultural encounters in Europe and Asia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries brought the potential for bafflement, hostility, and admiration. The court was the crucial site where expanding Eurasian states and empires met and were forced to make sense of one another. By looking at these interactions, Courtly Encounters provides a fresh cross-cultural perspective on the worlds of early modern Islam,

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Cross-cultural encounters in Europe and Asia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries brought the potential for bafflement, hostility, and admiration. The court was the crucial site where expanding Eurasian states and empires met and were forced to make sense of one another. By looking at these interactions, Courtly Encounters provides a fresh cross-cultural perspective on the worlds of early modern Islam,

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