ISBN:
9780191570797
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (318 pages)
Series Statement:
Oxford Historical Monographs
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.48/2440509032
Keywords:
Herbelot, Barthélemy d', -- 1625-1695
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Thévenot, Melchisédec, -- 1620-1692
;
Bernier, François, -- 1620-1688
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Orientalism -- France -- History -- 17th century
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Middle East -- Study and teaching -- France -- History -- 17th century
;
Asia -- Study and teaching -- France -- History -- 17th century
;
France -- Intellectual life -- 17th century
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Abstract:
Orientalism in Louis XIV's France presents a history of Oriental studies in seventeenth-century France, mapping the place within the intellectual culture of the period that was given to studies of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Chinese texts, as well as writings on Mughal India.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Conventions -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Baroque Orientalism -- 1. Barthélemy d'Herbelot and the Place of Oriental Learning -- 2. 'Toutes les Curiosités du Monde': The Geographic Projects of Melchisédech Thévenot -- 3. The Double Eclipse: François Bernier's Geography of Knowledge -- 4. The Making of d'Herbelot's Bibliothèque orientale -- 5. Printing Confucius in Paris -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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