Travel and Conflict in the Early Modern World

This edited collection explores the intersection of travel, mobility, and conflict in the early modern world, examining the experiences of travel, including real and imagined journeys, and the disruptions and enrichments that resulted from cultural encounters. It highlights the tensions between European exploration and interaction with other cultures and emphasizes the role of language acquisition, religion, politics, and imaginary travel in shaping the experience of travel.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 290 pages
Publication date: 30 May 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This edited collection delves into the intricate intersections of travel, mobility, and conflict, shedding light on the diverse experiences of travel in the early modern world. Until relatively recent times, both domestic journeys and voyages to distant lands remained perilous endeavors. Physical travel, driven by various motivations such as religious conversion, pilgrimage, diplomacy, trade, war, or the thirst for cultural exploration, invariably brought about disruption. Contact zones witnessed cultural encounters that were not always harmonious, despite the potential for knowledge acquisition and financial gain that could be reaped from travel. Extensive travel compilations such as Hakluyts Principia Navigations, Voyages and Discoveries, published from the late sixteenth century, and Prévost's Histoire Générale des Voyages (1746-1759) showcased European exploration as a symbol of European progress, while simultaneously highlighting the tensions that can arise from interactions with other cultures. By examining language acquisition and translation, travel and religion, travel and politics, and imaginary travel, the essays in this collection unravel the multifaceted ways in which conflict both hindered and enriched the realm of travel.

Weight: 540g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367524234