The Resource Travel and ethnology in the Renaissance : South India through European eyes, 1250-1625, Joan-Pau Rubiés, (electronic resource)
Travel and ethnology in the Renaissance : South India through European eyes, 1250-1625, Joan-Pau Rubiés, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- This book, first published in 2000, offers a wide-ranging and ambitious analysis of how European travellers in India developed their perceptions of ethnic, political and religious diversity over three hundred years. It analyses the growth of novel historical and philosophical concerns, from the early and rare examples of medieval travellers such as Marco Polo, through to the more sophisticated narratives of seventeenth-century observers - religious writers such as Jesuit missionaries, or independent antiquarians such as Pietro della Valle. The book's approach combines the detailed contextual analysis of individual narratives with an original long-term interpretation of the role of cross-cultural encounters in the European Renaissance. An extremely wide range of European sources is discussed, including the often neglected but extremely important Iberian and Italian sources. However, the book also discusses a number of non-European sources, Muslim and Hindu, thereby challenging simplistic interpretations of western 'orientalism'.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 443 pages)
- Contents
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- List of 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
- 7. The social and political order: Vijayanagara decoded
- 8. The historical dimension: from native traditions to European orientalism
- 9. The missionary discovery of South Indian religion: opening the doors of idolatry
- 10. From humanism to scepticism: the independent traveller in the seventeenth century
- Conclusion: Before orientalism
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780521526135
- Label
- Travel and ethnology in the Renaissance : South India through European eyes, 1250-1625
- Title
- Travel and ethnology in the Renaissance
- Title remainder
- South India through European eyes, 1250-1625
- Statement of responsibility
- Joan-Pau Rubiés
- Title variation
- Travel & Ethnology in the Renaissance
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book, first published in 2000, offers a wide-ranging and ambitious analysis of how European travellers in India developed their perceptions of ethnic, political and religious diversity over three hundred years. It analyses the growth of novel historical and philosophical concerns, from the early and rare examples of medieval travellers such as Marco Polo, through to the more sophisticated narratives of seventeenth-century observers - religious writers such as Jesuit missionaries, or independent antiquarians such as Pietro della Valle. The book's approach combines the detailed contextual analysis of individual narratives with an original long-term interpretation of the role of cross-cultural encounters in the European Renaissance. An extremely wide range of European sources is discussed, including the often neglected but extremely important Iberian and Italian sources. However, the book also discusses a number of non-European sources, Muslim and Hindu, thereby challenging simplistic interpretations of western 'orientalism'.--
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- Rubiés, Joan Pau
- Index
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- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
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- Past and present publications
- Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
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- Ethnology
- India, South
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- Travel and ethnology in the Renaissance : South India through European eyes, 1250-1625, Joan-Pau Rubiés, (electronic resource)
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- Contents
- List of 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 -- 7. The social and political order: Vijayanagara decoded -- 8. The historical dimension: from native traditions to European orientalism -- 9. The missionary discovery of South Indian religion: opening the doors of idolatry -- 10. From humanism to scepticism: the independent traveller in the seventeenth century -- Conclusion: Before orientalism -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- CR9780511496608
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 443 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780521526135
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- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)70769137
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- Travel and ethnology in the Renaissance : South India through European eyes, 1250-1625, Joan-Pau Rubiés, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of 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 -- 7. The social and political order: Vijayanagara decoded -- 8. The historical dimension: from native traditions to European orientalism -- 9. The missionary discovery of South Indian religion: opening the doors of idolatry -- 10. From humanism to scepticism: the independent traveller in the seventeenth century -- Conclusion: Before orientalism -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- CR9780511496608
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 443 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780521526135
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)70769137
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