A commerce of knowledge trade, religion, and scholarship between England and the Ottoman Empire, 1600-1760 Mills, Simon 1980- creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History enk 2020 First edition. monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xii, 332 pages) : illustrations (black and white) '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. Introduction -- PART I: FROM OXFORD TO ALEPPO -- 1: 'Turky Labours' -- PART II: BUILDING A LIBRARY IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY SYRIA -- 2: Edward Pococke in Aleppo -- 3: 'A Rich Treasure of Manuscripts': Robert Huntington in Syria -- PART III: THE MAKING OF AN ANTIQUARIAN -- 4: 'Factor to a Worthy Principle' -- 5: The Road to Jerusalem -- 6: Henry Maundrell and the Making of A Journey -- PART IV: MISSIONS -- 7: The English Reformation in an Eastern Key -- 8: Thomas Dawes in Aleppo -- Bibliography -- Index. Specialized. specialized Simon Mills. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-uk-en aw----- a-sy--- e-uk--- 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 fast DS61.85 .M5 2020 303.482182105 Commerce of knowledge Mills, Simon. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2020 First edition. (OCoLC)1102469467 9780191875915 0191875910 9780198840336 0198840330 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/36716 STBDS 191002 20260319181921.6 in00005718220 eng