Orientalism in Early Modern France
Subtitle: Eurasian Trade, Exoticism and the Ancien Regime
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Published: April 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781845203740
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Economic history; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; History; History - General History; History: World; ASIA; France; Europe - France; History / France
Description: "Francis I's ties with the Ottoman Empire marked the birth of court-sponsored Orientalism in France. Under Louis XIV, French society was transformed by cross-cultural contacts with the Ottomans, India, Persia, China, Siam and the Americas. The consumption of silk, cotton cloth, spices, coffee, tea, china, gems, flowers and other luxury goods transformed daily life and gave rise to a new discourse about the 'Orient' which in turn shaped ideas about science, economy and politics, and against absolutist monarchy."--Back cover.