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Francis I's ties with the Ottoman Empire marked the birth of court-sponsored Orientalism in France. Under Louis XIV, French society was transformed by cross-cultural contacts with the Ottomans, India, Persia, China, Siam and the Americas. The consumption of silk, cotton cloth, spices, coffee, tea, china, gems, flowers and other luxury goods transformed daily life and gave rise to a new discourse about the 'Orient' which in turn shaped ideas about science, economy and politics, and against absolutist monarchy. An original account of the ancient regime, this book highlights France's use of the exotic and analyzes French discourse about Islam and the 'Orient'.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Orientalism in Early Modern France
• Subtitle: Eurasian Trade, Exoticism, and the Ancien Regime
• Author: Ina Baghdiantz-McCabe
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 416
• EAN: 9781845203740
• ISBN: 1845203747
• ID: 05096577
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 742 g
• Dimensions: 168 × 242 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. June 2008

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