The Persian mirror : French reflections of the Safavid empire in early modern France /

The Persian Mirror explores France's preoccupation with Persia in the seventeenth century. Long before Montesquieu's Persian Letters, French intellectuals, diplomats and even ordinary Parisians were fascinated by Persia and eagerly consumed travel accounts, fairy tales and the spectacle th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mokhberi, Susan Marie (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2019].
Subjects:	France > Relations > Iran. Iran > Relations > France. France > Foreign relations > Iran. Iran > Foreign relations > France. Travelers' writings, French > Iran > History and criticism. Visits of state > France > History > 18th century. Iran > History > Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736. France > History > Bourbons, 1589-1789. Orientalism > France > History > 18th century.

Table of Contents:

Missionaries and travelers
Persia : a courtly east in the French imaginaire
Against all odds : the diplomatic mission of Pierre-Victor Michel to Persia, 1706-1708
The Persian embassy to France in 1715 : conflict and understanding
Images of Mohammad Reza Beg : fashioning the ambassador
Images of the Persian visit : connections between the Safavid and Bourbon crowns
The absolutist mirror.