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Book SynopsisWhile the term ‘Europe’ was used sporadically in ancient and medieval times, it proliferated between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and gained a prevalence in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries which it did not possess before. Although studies on the history of the idea of Europe abound, much of the vast body of early modern sources has still been neglected. Assuming that discourses tend to transcend linguistic, historical and generic boundaries, this book has gathered experts from various fields of study who examine vernacular and Latin negotiations of Europe from the late fifteenth to the early eighteenth century. This multi-angled approach serves to identify similarities and differences in the discourses on Europe within their different national and cultural communities. Contributors are: Ovanes Akopyan, Volker Bauer, Piotr Chmiel, Nicolas Detering, Stefan Ehrenpreis, Niels Grüne, Peter Hanenberg, Ulrich Heinen, Ronny Kaiser, Niall Oddy, Katharina N. Piechocki, Dennis Pulina, Marion Romberg, Lucie Storchová, Isabella Walser-Bürgler, Michael Wintle, and Enrico Zucchi.
Trade Review"Compared to previous research on the discursive construction of “Europe”, the volume differs in three respects: Firstly, it takes into account little-noticed spatial peripheries and their sources in the various national languages and in Neo-Latin. This multi-perspectivity positively sets the volume apart from many other English-language compilations. Second, the contributions expand the range of sources to include a multitude of visual media and text genres. Third, with the 250 years from the late 15th to the early 18th century, it deals with the "pre-Enlightenment" part of the early modern period, which is often left out." (translated from German) Joachim Berger, Leibniz Institute of European History, in H-Soz-Kult, 15.12.2020 "Gegenüber bisherigen Forschungen zur diskursiven Konstruktion „Europas“ unterscheidet sich der Band in dreifacher Hinsicht: Er berücksichtigt erstens wenig beachtete räumliche Peripherien und ihre Quellen in den verschiedenen Landessprachen und im Neulateinischen. Diese Multiperspektivität erstreckt sich zudem auf die (auch osteuropäische) Forschungsliteratur, die rezipiert wird; das hebt den Band positiv von manch anderem englischsprachigen Sammelwerk ab. Zweitens besteigen die Beiträge nicht nur die Höhenkämme des Schrifttums und der bildenden Künste, sondern erweitern das Quellenspektrum um eine Vielzahl visueller Medien und Textgattungen. Drittens behandelt er mit den gut 250 Jahren vom späten 15. zum frühen 18. Jahrhundert den „voraufklärerischen“ Teil der Frühneuzeit, der aufgrund von Peter Burkes wirkmächtigem Zweifel, ob es vor 1700 ein auf Europa bezogenes "collective consciousness" gegeben habe, häufig ausgespart wurde." Joachim Berger, Leibniz Institute of European History, in H-Soz-Kult, 15.12.2020
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on the Editors Notes on the Contributors Contesting Europe: Comparative Perspectives on Early Modern Discourses on Europe (1400–1800) — an Introduction Nicolas Detering, Clementina Marsico and Isabella Walser-Bürgler Part 1: Embodying Europe: Allegories of the Self and the Other 1 Rivalry of Lament: Early Personifications of Europe in Neo-Latin Panegyrics for Charles V and Francis I Nicolas Detering and Dennis Pulina 2 Tota caduca et dehiscens — Europe’s Critical Condition in Andrés Laguna’s Europa (1543) Ronny Kaiser 3 The Early Modern Iconography of Europe: Visual Images and European Identity Michael Wintle 4 Did Europe Exist in the Parish before 1800? The Allegory of Europe and Her Three Siblings in Folk Culture Marion Romberg 5 Rubens’ Europe and the Pax Hispanica Ulrich Heinen Part 2: Centralising Europe: Constructions of Peripheries and Boundaries 6 Cartographic Manipulations: Framing the Centre of Europe in ca. 1500 Katharina N. Piechocki 7 Conflicts of Meaning: the Word Europe in Sixteenth-Century French Writing Niall Oddy 8 Portugal and the Early Modern Discourse on Europe Peter Hanenberg 9 How Did Venetian Diplomatic Envoys Define Europe, Its Divisions, Centres and Peripheries (ca. 1570–1645)? Piotr Chmiel 10 Conceptualising Asia, Africa and Europa in a Polemic on the Origin of Bohemians (1615–1617): Supranational Geographical Units and a Humanist Competition for ‘National Honour’ Lucie Storchová 11 Europe or Not? Early Sixteenth-Century European Descriptions of Muscovy and the Russian Responses Ovanes Akopyan Part 3: Balancing Europe: Discourses of Plurality and Power 12 Liberty and Participation: Governance Ideals in the Self-Fashioning of Sixteenth- to Early-Eighteenth-Century Europe Niels Grüne and Stefan Ehrenpreis 13 Geopolitical Instruction and the Construction of Europe in Seventeenth-Century Neo-Latin Texts Isabella Walser-Bürgler 14 The European Network and National Identity: Italian Journalism in the Early Eighteenth Century from Il Giornale de’ letterati d’Italia to Il Gran giornale d’Europa Enrico Zucchi 15 Europe as a Political System, an Ideal and a Selling Point: the Renger Series (1704–1718) Volker Bauer Index Nominum
