Contesting Europe : comparative perspectives on early modern discourses on Europe, 1400-1800 / edited by Nicolas Detering, Clementina Marsico, Isabella Walser-Bürgler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Detering, Nicolas, editor.

Marsico, Clementina, editor.

Walser-Bürgler, Isabella, editor.

Series:

Intersections (Boston, Mass.)

Intersections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity--Europe--History.

Group identity.

National characteristics, European.

Civilization, Modern--Philosophy.

Civilization, Modern.

Discourse analysis--Europe.

Discourse analysis.

Europe--Civilization--History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Summary:

While the term ‘Europe’ was used sporadically in ancient and medieval times, it proliferated between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and gained a prevalence in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries which it did not possess before. Although studies on the history of the idea of Europe abound, much of the vast body of early modern sources has still been neglected. Assuming that discourses tend to transcend linguistic, historical and generic boundaries, this book has gathered experts from various fields of study who examine vernacular and Latin negotiations of Europe from the late fifteenth to the early eighteenth century. This multi-angled approach serves to identify similarities and differences in the discourses on Europe within their different national and cultural communities. Contributors are Ovanes Akopyan, Volker Bauer, Piotr Chmiel, Nicolas Detering, Stefan Ehrenpreis, Niels Grüne, Peter Hanenberg, Ulrich Heinen, Ronny Kaiser, Niall Oddy, Katharina N. Piechocki, Dennis Pulina, Marion Romberg, Lucie Storchová, Isabella Walser-Bürgler, Michael Wintle, and Enrico Zucchi.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

90-04-41471-1

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004414716 DOI