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Ceremonies of Possession in Europe's Conquest of the New World, 1492-1640 Book

A 1996 comparative history exploring the significance of ceremonies performed by the western imperial powers to mark their territorial possession of the New World.Read More

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  • Book Description

    Developing historical cultural contexts and tackling the implications for contemporary nation-states, this work explores the array of ceremonies that the Europeans (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Dutch) performed to enact their taking possession of the New World.

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    This work of comparative history explores the array of ceremonies that the English, the Spanish, the French, the Portuguese and the Dutch performed to enact their taking possession of the New World. The book develops the historic cultural contexts of these ceremonies, and tackles the implications of these histories for contemporary nation-states of the post-colonial era.

  • 0521497574
  • 9780521497572
  • Patricia Seed
  • 27 October 1995
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 207
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