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Political Communication in Chinese and European History, 800-1600.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De Weerdt, Hilde Godelieve Dominique.
- Series:
- Global Chinese Histories, 250-1650 Ser.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication in politics--China--History.
- Communication in politics.
- Communication in politics--Europe--History.
- History.
- Europe.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (635 pages).
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- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. Communication and the Formation of Polities
- 1. Towards a Comparative History of Political Communication, c.1000-1500
- 2. Administrative Elites and Political Change
- 2.1 Fragmentation and Financial Recentralization
- 2.2 Administrative Elites and the 'First Phase of Byzantine Humanism'
- 3. Language and Political Communication in France and England (Twelfth to Fifteenth Centuries)
- Part II. Letters and Political Languages
- 4. Political Communications, Networks, and Textual Evidence
- 5. Latin and Classical Chinese Epistolographic Communication in Comparative Perspective
- 6 Yao Mian's Letters
- Part III. Communication and Political Authority
- 7. Communication and Empire
- 8. Giving the Public Due Notice in Song China and Renaissance Rome
- 9. The Printers' Networks of Chen Qi (1186- 1256) and Robert Estienne (1503-1559)
- Part IV. Memory and Political Imaginaries
- 10. Letters and Parting Valedictions
- 11. Yue Fei and Thomas Becket
- 12. Imaginaries of Empire and Memories of Collapse
- Epilogues
- 1. Communication Breakthroughs
- 2. Thoughts on the Problem of Historical Comparison between Europe and China
- List of Contributors
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dr. Ada H. Lewis Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: De Weerdt, Hilde Political Communication in Chinese and European History, 800-1600
- ISBN:
- 9048551005
- 9789048551002
- Publisher Number:
- 99988021054
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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