Cultural Exchange in Early Modern Europe
Author | : Robert Muchembled |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2006 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780521845496 |
ISBN-13 | : 0521845491 |
Rating | : 4/5 (491 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Cultural Exchange in Early Modern Europe by : Robert Muchembled
Download or read book Cultural Exchange in Early Modern Europe written by Robert Muchembled and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2007 volume reveals how a first European identity was forged from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. Cultural exchange played a central role in the elites' fashioning of self. The cultures they exchanged and often integrated with included palaces, dresses and jewellery but also gestures and dances.