Orientalism in Louis XIV's France /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dew, Nicholas
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:	Oxford historical monographs.
Subjects:	Herbelot, Barthélemy d', > 1625-1695. Thévenot, Melchisédec, > 1620-1692. Bernier, François, > 1620-1688. Bernier, François, > 1620-1688 Herbelot, Barthélemy d', > 1625-1695 Thévenot, Melchisédec, > 1620-1692 Orientalism > France > History > 17th century. Middle East > Study and teaching > France > History > 17th century. Asia > Study and teaching > France > History > 17th century. France > Intellectual life > 17th century. France > History > Louis XIV, 1643-1715. Orientalisme > France > Histoire > 17e siècle. Moyen-Orient > Étude et enseignement > France > Histoire > 17e siècle. Asie > Étude et enseignement > France > Histoire > 17e siècle. France > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siècle. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Globalization. Intellectual life Orientalism Education Asia France Middle East 1600-1715 Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: Baroque orientalism
Barthélemy d'Herbelot and the place of Oriental learning
"Toutes les curiosités du monde" : the geographic projects of Melchisédech Thévenot
The double eclipse : François Bernier's geography of knowledge
The making of d'Herbelot's Bibliothèque orientale
Printing Confucius in Paris
Epilogue.