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A commerce of knowledge : trade, religion, and scholarship between England and the Ottoman Empire, 1600-1760 /

'A Commerce of Knowledge' tells the story of three generations of Church of England chaplains who worked in Ottoman Aleppo during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. By reconstructing their careers, Simon Mills shows the links between English commercial and diplomatic expansion, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mills, Simon, 1980- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Company of Merchants of England Trading to the Levant > Officials and employees.
Company of Merchants of England Trading to the Levant
England > Relations > Middle East.
Middle East > Relations > England.
Aleppo (Syria) > Civilization > 17th century.
Aleppo (Syria) > Civilization > 18th century.
Orientalism > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Orientalism > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Orientalisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Orientalisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY.
Middle East.
Naval.
Military.
Renaissance.
Modern.
Historical Geography.
Social History.
Civilization
Civilization > Middle Eastern influences
Employees
English
International relations
Orientalism
England
Great Britain
Middle East
Syria > Aleppo
1600-1799
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:'A Commerce of Knowledge' tells the story of three generations of Church of England chaplains who worked in Ottoman Aleppo during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. By reconstructing their careers, Simon Mills shows the links between English commercial and diplomatic expansion, and English scholarly and missionary interests.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 332 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191875915
0191875910