The Portuguese in Sri Lanka and South India : Studies in the History of Diplomacy, Empire and Trade, 1500-1650


Zoltán. Biedermann
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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Wiesbaden : : Harrassowitz Verlag, , 2014.
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1 online resource (216 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Studying the Portuguese in South Asia and Beyond; 2. Negotiating Empire: Portuguese Diplomacy in Asia in the Sixteenth Century; 3. From Diplomacy to Conquest: The "Matrioshka Principle" and How it was Overcome in Sri Lanka; 4. Imagining Space before Conquest: Two Contrasting Maps of Sri Lanka, 1568-1606; 5. Imperial Incorporation: The "Malwana Convention" and the Lankan Transition to Colonial Rule; 6. Colonialism and Cosmopolitanism: Colombo, Cannanore, and the Chimera of the Multi-Ethnic Melting-Po(r)tin South Asia. - 7. Change and Resilience under Colonial Rule: The Hunting and Trading of Elephants in Sri Lanka, 1500-18008. Afterword; Bibliography; Index. - Zoltán Biedermann's book explores the Portuguese presence in Sri Lanka and South India with an emphasis on connections, interactions and adaptations. An introduction, six freshly revised case studies and an afterword provide historical insights into the making of Portuguese power in the region and point out new ways forward in the study of the subject. Themes explored include Portuguese diplomacy in Asia, the connected histories of Portugal, Sri Lanka and the Habsburg Empire, the importance of cartography for the development of Iberian ideas of conquest, the political mechanisms that allowed f
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