Author: Gregory J. ShepherdPublisher:
ISBN: 9780889464889
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
An Exposition of José de Acosta's "Historia Natural Y Moral de Las Indias", 1590
Author: Gregory J. ShepherdPublisher:
ISBN: 9780889464889
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
An Exposition of José de Acosta's Historia Natural Y Moral de Las Indias, 1590
Author: Gregory J. ShepherdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
In this volume, Jose de Acosta's anthropological writing on Latin America casts an image of Europe on to a silent America, Peru in particular. Translated into many languages, it formed European perceptions of the New World for many centuries.
The Theologian and the Empire: A Biography of José de Acosta (1540–1600)
Author: Andrés I. PrietoPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004680861
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Although Jesuit contributions to European expansion in the early modern period have attracted considerable scholarly interest, the legacy of José de Acosta (1540–1600) is still defined by his contributions to natural history. The Theologian and the Empire presents a new biography of Acosta, focused on his participation in colonial and imperial politics. The most important Jesuit active in the Americas in the sixteenth century, Acosta was fundamentally a political operator. His actions on both sides of the Atlantic informed both Peruvian colonial life and the Jesuit order at the dawn of the seventeenth century.
Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World
Author: Julio BaenaPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1684483700
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World examines portrayals of nautical disasters in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish literature and culture. The essays collected here showcase shipwreck's symbolic deployment to question colonial expansion and transoceanic trade; to critique the Christian enterprise overseas; to signal the collapse of dominant social order; and to relay moral messages and represent socio-political debates.
The Natural & Moral History of the Indies: The moral history (books V-VII)
Author: José de AcostaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Philosophy of Religion in Latin America and Europe
Author: Michael SchulzPublisher: V&R Unipress
ISBN: 3847012908
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
The title of this publication suggests a double meaning: on the one hand, most of the contributions outline philosophies of religion relevant for Latin America, without, however, betraying an explicit Latin American perspective. Does not philosophical reason always articulate itself in the same way, whether in Berlin or Rio de Janeiro? On the other hand, the title refers to a specific form of philosophy that has developed regionally and bears explicit traces of its origins that differentiate it from philosophy in Europe. Does not philosophical reason always articulate itself in a specific cultural context? The charm of the book lies in the encounter of these two variants to think philosophically.
God's Bounty?
Author: Ecclesiastical History SocietyPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 0954680960
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
"Papers read at the 2008 summer meeting and the 2009 winter meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society."
The Chinese Language in European Texts
Author: Dinu LucaPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137502916
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
This detailed, chronological study investigates the rise of the European fascination with the Chinese language up to 1615. By meticulously investigating a wide range of primary sources, Dinu Luca identifies a rhetorical continuum uniting the land of the Seres, Cathay, and China in a tropology of silence, vision, and writing. Tracing the contours of this tropology, The Chinese Language in European Texts: The Early Period offers close readings of language-related contexts in works by classical authors, medieval travelers, and Renaissance cosmographers, as well as various merchants, wanderers, and missionaries, both notable and lesser-known. What emerges is a clear and comprehensive understanding of early European ideas about the Chinese language and writing system.
The First America
Author: D. A. BradingPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521447966
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
This book, designed and written on a grand scale, is about the quest over three centuries of Spaniards born in the New World to define their 'American' identity.
Missionary Scientists
Author: Andres I. PrietoPublisher: Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN: 0826517463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The first scientists of the New World