Courtly Encounters
Author | : Sanjay Subrahmanyam |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2012-10-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674067363 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674067363 |
Rating | : 4/5 (363 Downloads) |
Download or read book Courtly Encounters written by Sanjay Subrahmanyam and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the court was the crucial site where expanding Eurasian states and empires met and made sense of one another. Richly illustrated, Courtly Encounters provides a fresh cross-cultural perspective on early modern Islam, Counter-Reformation Catholicism, Protestantism, and a newly emergent Hindu sphere.