(Dis)connected Empires

Imperial Portugal, Sri Lankan Diplomacy, and the Making of a Habsburg Conquest in Asia

Nonfiction, History, Asian, Asia, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
Cover of the book (Dis)connected Empires by Zoltán Biedermann, OUP Oxford
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Zoltán Biedermann ISBN: 9780192556370
Publisher: OUP Oxford Publication: October 25, 2018
Imprint: OUP Oxford Language: English
Author: Zoltán Biedermann
ISBN: 9780192556370
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication: October 25, 2018
Imprint: OUP Oxford
Language: English

(Dis)connected Empires takes the reader on a global journey to explore the triangle formed during the sixteenth century between the Portuguese empire, the empire of Kotte in Sri Lanka, and the Catholic Monarchy of the Spanish Habsburgs. It explores nine decades of connections, cross-cultural diplomacy, and dialogue, to answer one troubling question: why, in the end, did one side decide to conquer the other? To find the answer, Biedermann explores the imperial ideas that shaped the politics of Renaissance Iberia and sixteenth-century Sri Lanka. (Dis)connected Empires argues that, whilst some of these ideas and the political idioms built around them were perceived as commensurate by the various parties involved, differences also emerged early on. This prepared the ground for a new kind of conquest politics, which changed the inter-imperial game at the end of the sixteenth century. The transition from suzerainty-driven to sovereignty-fixated empire-building changed the face of Lankan and Iberian politics forever, and is of relevance to global historians at large. Through its scrutiny of diplomacy, political letter-writing, translation practices, warfare, cartography, and art, (Dis)connected Empires paints a troubling panorama of connections breeding divergence and leading to communicational collapse. It examines a key chapter in the pre-history of British imperialism in Asia, highlighting how diplomacy and mutual understandings can, under certain conditions, produce conquest.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

(Dis)connected Empires takes the reader on a global journey to explore the triangle formed during the sixteenth century between the Portuguese empire, the empire of Kotte in Sri Lanka, and the Catholic Monarchy of the Spanish Habsburgs. It explores nine decades of connections, cross-cultural diplomacy, and dialogue, to answer one troubling question: why, in the end, did one side decide to conquer the other? To find the answer, Biedermann explores the imperial ideas that shaped the politics of Renaissance Iberia and sixteenth-century Sri Lanka. (Dis)connected Empires argues that, whilst some of these ideas and the political idioms built around them were perceived as commensurate by the various parties involved, differences also emerged early on. This prepared the ground for a new kind of conquest politics, which changed the inter-imperial game at the end of the sixteenth century. The transition from suzerainty-driven to sovereignty-fixated empire-building changed the face of Lankan and Iberian politics forever, and is of relevance to global historians at large. Through its scrutiny of diplomacy, political letter-writing, translation practices, warfare, cartography, and art, (Dis)connected Empires paints a troubling panorama of connections breeding divergence and leading to communicational collapse. It examines a key chapter in the pre-history of British imperialism in Asia, highlighting how diplomacy and mutual understandings can, under certain conditions, produce conquest.

More books from OUP Oxford

Cover of the book A Practical Approach to Sentencing by Zoltán Biedermann
Cover of the book Maximum Entropy and Ecology by Zoltán Biedermann
Cover of the book A Journey Through Ruins by Zoltán Biedermann
Cover of the book The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume V: Historiography by Zoltán Biedermann
Cover of the book Thomas Reid on Mind, Knowledge, and Value by Zoltán Biedermann
Cover of the book Murder Most Foul by Zoltán Biedermann
Cover of the book A Primer in Social Choice Theory by Zoltán Biedermann
Cover of the book The New Consultation by Zoltán Biedermann
Cover of the book Divided Kingdom by Zoltán Biedermann
Cover of the book History of Universities by Zoltán Biedermann
Cover of the book The Ring of Words by Zoltán Biedermann
Cover of the book Institutions of Law by Zoltán Biedermann
Cover of the book Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Zoltán Biedermann
Cover of the book Staying Power by Zoltán Biedermann
Cover of the book Jason and the Golden Fleece (The Argonautica) by Zoltán Biedermann
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy