Cultural hierarchy in sixteenth-century Europe the Ottomans and Mexicans
"This book argues that sixteenth-century European encounters with the newly discovered Mexicans (in the Aztec Empire) and the newly dominant Ottoman Empire can only be understood in relation to the cultural and intellectual changes wrought by the Reformation. Carina L. Johnson chronicles the re...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge, New York
Cambridge Univ. Press
2011
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Reformation
> Ethnology
> History
> Europe
> Civilization
> Mexico
> Turkey
> Intellectual life
> Europa
> Osmanisches Reich
> Azteken
> Ethnozentrismus
> Kulturwandel
> Geschichte 1500-1600
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "This book argues that sixteenth-century European encounters with the newly discovered Mexicans (in the Aztec Empire) and the newly dominant Ottoman Empire can only be understood in relation to the cultural and intellectual changes wrought by the Reformation. Carina L. Johnson chronicles the resultant creation of cultural hierarchy. Starting at the beginning of the sixteenth century, when ideas of European superiority were not fixed, this book traces the formation of those ideas through proto-ethnographies, news pamphlets, Habsburg court culture, gifts of treasure, and the organization of collections"-- "This book argues that sixteenth-century European encounters with the newly discovered Mexicans (in the Aztec Empire) and the newly dominant Ottoman Empire can only be understood in relation to the cultural and intellectual changes wrought by the Reformation. Carina L. Johnson chronicles the resultant creation of cultural hierarchy. Starting at the beginning of the sixteenth century, when ideas of European superiority were not fixed, this book traces the formation of those ideas through proto-ethnographies, news pamphlets, Habsburg court culture, gifts of treasure, and the organization of collections"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XVI, 323 S. Ill. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780521769273 978-0-521-76927-3 0521769272 0-521-76927-2 9781107638983 978-1-107-63898-3 |