Pub Date : 2022-07-21DOI: 10.1163/15700658-12342708
Giorgio Rota
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Pub Date : 2022-07-19DOI: 10.1163/15700658-bja10053
R. Moncrieff
The transmission of knowledge about China to early modern Europe was dominated by the Jesuits, whose mission to China and privileged position in the court of the Ming and Qing emperors enabled them to become Europe’s foremost early Sinologists. However, the Jesuits were deeply controversial in early modern Europe, especially in Protestant England. This article investigates how hostility towards the Jesuits manifested itself in the English reception of texts and information about China. By examining English translations of Jesuit texts, tracts by English intellectuals, and English literary works on China, this article reveals the variety of responses which English authors and printers used in order to deal with the problematical Jesuit origin of early modern knowledge about China. The consistency with which English authors engaged with the Jesuit origins of this knowledge demonstrates the critical importance of attitudes towards the Jesuits in shaping early modern English understandings of China.
{"title":"“Commendably Industrious” or “very good friends” of the Devil?: How Attitudes Towards the Jesuits Shaped Understandings of China in Early Modern England","authors":"R. Moncrieff","doi":"10.1163/15700658-bja10053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700658-bja10053","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000The transmission of knowledge about China to early modern Europe was dominated by the Jesuits, whose mission to China and privileged position in the court of the Ming and Qing emperors enabled them to become Europe’s foremost early Sinologists. However, the Jesuits were deeply controversial in early modern Europe, especially in Protestant England. This article investigates how hostility towards the Jesuits manifested itself in the English reception of texts and information about China. By examining English translations of Jesuit texts, tracts by English intellectuals, and English literary works on China, this article reveals the variety of responses which English authors and printers used in order to deal with the problematical Jesuit origin of early modern knowledge about China. The consistency with which English authors engaged with the Jesuit origins of this knowledge demonstrates the critical importance of attitudes towards the Jesuits in shaping early modern English understandings of China.","PeriodicalId":44428,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Early Modern History","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47593403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-06DOI: 10.1163/15700658-bja10051
Justus Nipperdey
According to perceived wisdom the term “early modern” emerged in the mid-twentieth century and only developed into a meaningful term of periodization in the 1960s and 1970s. In contrast, this article shows that American historians already started to use “early modern” in a substantive way at the turn of the twentieth century. In the interwar years the term permeated all areas of professional activity from textbooks and graduate school seminars to conferences, research articles, and job descriptions. Moreover, the impetus for inventing an early modern period was neither to counter the concept of the Renaissance nor to showcase the modernizing traits of the post-Reformation centuries. Instead, “early modern” gained widespread recognition as a term denoting the non-modernity of the centuries preceding the French and Industrial Revolutions as opposed to “real” modernity thereafter.
{"title":"Inventing “Early Modern” Europe: Fashioning a New Historical Period in American Historiography 1880–1945","authors":"Justus Nipperdey","doi":"10.1163/15700658-bja10051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700658-bja10051","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 According to perceived wisdom the term “early modern” emerged in the mid-twentieth century and only developed into a meaningful term of periodization in the 1960s and 1970s. In contrast, this article shows that American historians already started to use “early modern” in a substantive way at the turn of the twentieth century. In the interwar years the term permeated all areas of professional activity from textbooks and graduate school seminars to conferences, research articles, and job descriptions. Moreover, the impetus for inventing an early modern period was neither to counter the concept of the Renaissance nor to showcase the modernizing traits of the post-Reformation centuries. Instead, “early modern” gained widespread recognition as a term denoting the non-modernity of the centuries preceding the French and Industrial Revolutions as opposed to “real” modernity thereafter.","PeriodicalId":44428,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Early Modern History","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41461038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-24DOI: 10.1163/15700658-bja10052
Cumhur Bekar
This article examines the rise of the Köprülü grand viziers and their relationship with Sultan Mehmed IV (r. 1648–1687) within the context of broader developments in early modern Europe. It challenges the prevailing view that Mehmed IV was a weak Sultan, arguing that at a time of profound crisis the Sultan succeeded in creating a new political system, which simultaneously restored the authority of the Sultan whilst bolstering that of the Grand Vizier. It explores the various ways in which this system was established, from relocation of the dynastic seat to changes in recruitment networks. The reconfiguration of political power under Mehmed IV and the Köprülü viziers is approached through the lens of royal-favorite relationships in seventeenth-century Europe. Although there was no European equivalent of a number of elements in the Ottoman system, such as a harem-based court or the Grand Vizierate, we can nevertheless apply key concepts and debates gleaned from early modern Western and Central Europe – such as the politics of access and intimacy, the place of favorites, and the delegation of royal power – to enrich our understanding of the early modern Ottoman experience.
{"title":"“The Ottoman Revolution of 1661”: The Reconfiguration of Political Power under Mehmed IV and Köprülü Grand Viziers","authors":"Cumhur Bekar","doi":"10.1163/15700658-bja10052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700658-bja10052","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This article examines the rise of the Köprülü grand viziers and their relationship with Sultan Mehmed IV (r. 1648–1687) within the context of broader developments in early modern Europe. It challenges the prevailing view that Mehmed IV was a weak Sultan, arguing that at a time of profound crisis the Sultan succeeded in creating a new political system, which simultaneously restored the authority of the Sultan whilst bolstering that of the Grand Vizier. It explores the various ways in which this system was established, from relocation of the dynastic seat to changes in recruitment networks. The reconfiguration of political power under Mehmed IV and the Köprülü viziers is approached through the lens of royal-favorite relationships in seventeenth-century Europe. Although there was no European equivalent of a number of elements in the Ottoman system, such as a harem-based court or the Grand Vizierate, we can nevertheless apply key concepts and debates gleaned from early modern Western and Central Europe – such as the politics of access and intimacy, the place of favorites, and the delegation of royal power – to enrich our understanding of the early modern Ottoman experience.","PeriodicalId":44428,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Early Modern History","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45070367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-31DOI: 10.1163/15700658-12342694
Z. Biedermann
{"title":"A História Natural de Portugal de Leonhard Thurneysser zum Thurn, ca. 1555–1556, written by Bernardo Jerosch Herold, Thomas Horst, and Henrique Leitão Itinerarium, written by Hieronymus Münzer and edited by Klaus Herbers et al.","authors":"Z. Biedermann","doi":"10.1163/15700658-12342694","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700658-12342694","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44428,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Early Modern History","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41907830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-31DOI: 10.1163/15700658-12342709
S. Ditchfield
{"title":"Confessionalization on the Frontier. The Balkan Catholics between Roman Reform and Ottoman Reality, written by Antal Molnár","authors":"S. Ditchfield","doi":"10.1163/15700658-12342709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700658-12342709","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44428,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Early Modern History","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"64733130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-31DOI: 10.1163/15700658-12342706
C. Stamatakis
{"title":"Keywords of Identity, Race, and Human Mobility in Early Modern England, written by Nandini Das, João Vicente Melo, Haig Smith, and Lauren Working","authors":"C. Stamatakis","doi":"10.1163/15700658-12342706","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700658-12342706","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44428,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Early Modern History","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46532369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-31DOI: 10.1163/15700658-12342704
A. Samson
{"title":"Conquistadores: A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest, written by Fernando Cervantes","authors":"A. Samson","doi":"10.1163/15700658-12342704","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700658-12342704","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44428,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Early Modern History","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47153948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-31DOI: 10.1163/15700658-12342710
Alexandra Curvelo
{"title":"The Namban Trade. Merchants and Missionaries in 16th and 17th Century Japan, written by Mihoko Oka","authors":"Alexandra Curvelo","doi":"10.1163/15700658-12342710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700658-12342710","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44428,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Early Modern History","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47577807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-31DOI: 10.1163/15700658-12342705
I. Elbl
{"title":"Europeans and Africans. Mutual Discoveries and First Encounters, written by Michal Tymowski","authors":"I. Elbl","doi":"10.1163/15700658-12342705","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700658-12342705","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44428,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Early Modern History","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46429487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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