Peiresc''s Orient - Antiquarianism As Cultural History in the Seventeenth Century

Zusatztext 'Miller has served Peiresc well ...' Renaissance Quarterly 'Miller analyzes with great sensitivity evidence from his extensive correspondence and study-notes to reveal the antiquarian's habits of mind and scholarly practices.' Journal of Early Modern History Informationen zum Autor Peter N. Miller is Dean and Professor of Cultural History! Bard Graduate Center! New York! USA. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays that present Peiresc's study of discrete languages and literatures of the Near East and North Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction: Peiresc and history; Comparison: The antiquary's art of comparison: Peiresc and Abraxas; Paganism: Taking Paganism seriously: anthropology and antiquarianism in early 17th-century histories of religion; Arabic: Peiresc and the study of Islamic coins in the early 17th century; Samaritan I: An antiquary between philology and history: Peiresc and the Samaritans; Samaritan II: A philologist! a traveller and an antiquary rediscover the Samaritans in 17th-century Paris! Rome and Aix: Jean Morin! Pietro della Valle and N.-C. Fabri de Peiresc; Hebrew: The mechanics of Christian-Jewish intellectual collaboration in 17th-century Provence: N.-C. Fabri de Peiresc and Saloman Azubi; Coptic: Copts and scholars: Athanasius Kircher in Peiresc's republic of letters; North Africa: Peiresc in Africa: arm-chair anthropology in the early 17th century; West Africa: History of religion becomes ethnology: some evidence from Peiresc's Africa; East Africa: Peiresc's Ethiopia: how? And why?; Conclusion: Oriental studies and orientalism; Index.

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• Authors: Peter N. Miller, Peter N. (University of New Mexico Miller, Miller Peter N.
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.05.2012
• EAN: 9781409432982
• ISBN: 978-1-4094-3298-2
• No. of pages: 350
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 230 mm x 31 mm
• Series: Variorum Collected Studies; Variorum Collected Studies Series; Variorum Collected Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history, C 1600 To C 1700