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Ceremonies of possession in Europe's conquest of the New World, 1492-1640

Patricia Seed 1995 © Cambridge University Press
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  • ACLS Fellows’ Publications
ISBN(s)
  • 9780521497480 (hardcover)
  • 9780511093166 (ebook)
  • 9780521497572 (paper)
Subject
  • European: 1400-1800
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  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments (page vii)
  • Introduction: Ceremonies of Possession in Europe's Conquest of the New World, 1492-1640 (page 1)
  • 1 Houses, Gardens, and Fences: Signs of English Possession in the New World (page 16)
  • 2 Ceremonies: The Theatrical Rituals of French Political Possession (page 41)
  • 3 The Requirement: A Protocol for Conquest (page 69)
  • 4 "A New Sky and New Stars": Arabic and Hebrew Science, Portuguese Seamanship, and the Discovery of America (page 100)
  • 5 Sailing in the Wake of the Portuguese (page 149)
  • Conclusion: The Habits of History (page 179)
  • Index (page 195)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JMH 70.1 (Mar. 1998): 144-147 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2801%28199803%2970%3A1%3C144%3AIUORAR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0
LARR 34.2 (1999): 246-270 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0023-8791%281999%2934%3A2%3C246%3AEBSTCA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Q
JIH 28.3 (Winter 1998): 437-439 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-1953%28199824%2928%3A3%3C437%3ACOPIEC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-%23
AHR 102.3 (Jun. 1997): 806-808 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28199706%29102%3A3%3C806%3ACOPIEC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-%23
JAH 84.1 (Jun. 1997): 199-200 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8723%28199706%2984%3A1%3C199%3ASACGVP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P
HAHR 77.2 (May 1997): 304-305 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0018-2168%28199705%2977%3A2%3C304%3ACOPIEC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I
JRAI 3.1 (Mar. 1997): 203 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1359-0987%28199703%293%3A1%3C203%3ACOPIEC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7
SCJ 27.4 (Winter 1996): 1111-1112 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0361-0160%28199624%2927%3A4%3C1111%3ACOPIEC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I
WMQ 53.4 (Oct. 1996): 797-801 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0043-5597%28199610%293%3A53%3A4%3C797%3AAIEC1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Q
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