The Power of the Dispersed: Early Modern Global Travelers beyond Integration

Author:   Cornel Zwierlein
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   77
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9789004412484


Pages:   514
Publication Date:   16 December 2021
Format:   Hardback
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The Power of the Dispersed: Early Modern Global Travelers beyond Integration


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Early modern travelers often did not form part of classic 'diaspora' communities: they frequently never really settled, perhaps remaining abroad for some time in one place, then traveling further; not 'blown by the wind,' but by changing and complex conditions that often turned out to make them unwelcome anywhere. The dispersed developed strategies of survival by keeping their distance from old and new temporary 'homes,' as well as by using information from and manipulating foreign representations of their former countries. This volume assembles case studies from the Mediterranean context, the Americas and Japan. They explore what kind of 'power(s)' and agency dispersed people had, counterintuitively, through the connections they maintained with their former homes, and through those they established abroad. Contributors: Eduardo Angione, Iordan Avramov, Marloes Cornelissen, David Do Paco, Jose Luis Egio, Maria-Tsampika Lampitsi, Paula Manstetten, Simon Mills, David Nelson, Adolfo Polo y La Borda, Ana M. Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Cesare Santus, Stefano Saracino, and Cornel Zwierlein.

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Author:   Cornel Zwierlein
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   77
Weight:   1.105kg
ISBN:  

9789004412484


ISBN 10:   9004412484
Pages:   514
Publication Date:   16 December 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Note on the Editor Notes on the Contributors Introduction Cornel Zwierlein Part 1: Dispersed in Ecclesiastical and Diplomatic Networks 1 In Parte d'Infedeli: A Papal Informant in Istanbul (1607-1608) Edoardo Angione 2 The Album Amicorum of the Athonite Monk Theoklitos Polyeidis and the Agency of Perambulating Greek Alms Collectors in the Holy Roman Empire (18th Century) Stefano Saracino 3 The Great Imposture: Eastern Christian Rogues and Counterfeiters in Rome, c. 17th-19th Centuries Cesare Santus Part 2: Dispersed in the Republic of Letters 4 Nomads in the Early Modern Republic of Letters: The Transient Correspondents of Henry Oldenburg and the Early Royal Society of London Iordan Avramov 5 Travelling Scholastics: The Emergence of an Empirical Normative Authority in Early Modern Spanish America Jose Luis Egio 6 Johann Heinrich Callenberg's Orient Simon Mills 7 Solomon Negri: The Self-Fashioning of an Arab Christian in Early Modern Europe Paula Manstetten Part 3: Dispersed by War 8 From Erstwhile Captive to Cultural Erudite: The Career of Korean-Born Samurai, Wakita Kyubei David Nelson 9 Stories of Spanish Captivity in Istanbul: From Trauma to Empowerment Ana M. Rodriguez-Rodriguez 10 Between America and the Maghrib: The Marquis of Varinas and the Weapons of the Exile Adolfo Polo y La Borda Part 4: Dispersed in Commercial and Political Networks 11 In the Blind Spot of the State: Trieste in the 18th-Century Trans-Imperial Adriatic Society David Do Paco 12 Religious Feeling and the Construction of a Merchant's Identity in the Greek Trade Networks of the Late Eighteenth Century Maria-Tsampika Lampitsi 13 From Bern with Love: The Spy with a Taste for the Exquisite in Early Modern Istanbul Marloes Cornelissen 14 Dispersed Things: European Merchant Households in the Levant Cornel Zwierlein Index Rerum Index Locorum Index Nominum

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Cornel Zwierlein teaches early modern history and conducts research on a Heisenberg Fellowship at the Freie Universitat Berlin, Friedrich-Meinecke Institut. His latest monographs are: The Political Thought of the French League and Rome, 1585-1589 (Droz, 2016); Imperial Unknowns: The French and the British in the Mediterranean, 1650-1750 (Cambridge University Press, 2016); Politische Theorie und Herrschaft in der Fruhen Neuzeit (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020), and Prometheus Tamed (Brill, 2021).

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