India in early modern English travel writings : : protestantism, Enlightenment, and toleration / / Rita Banerjee.
"Comparing the variant ideologies of the representations of India in seventeenth-century European travelogues, India in Early Modern English Travel Narratives concerns a relatively neglected area of study and often overlooked writers. Relating the narratives to contemporary ideas and beliefs, R...
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| Superior document: | Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Brill,, [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (287 pages) |
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