Law addressing diversity premodern Europe and India in comparison (13th-18th centuries)
Of late, historians have been realising that South Asia and Europe have more in common than a particular strand in the historiography on "the rise of the West" would have us believe. In both world regions a plurality of languages, religions, and types of belonging by birth was in premodern...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
2017
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Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Of late, historians have been realising that South Asia and Europe have more in common than a particular strand in the historiography on "the rise of the West" would have us believe. In both world regions a plurality of languages, religions, and types of belonging by birth was in premodern times matched by a plurality of legal systems and practices. This volume describes case-by-case the points where law and social diversity intersected. |
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Physical Description: | VIII, 220 Seiten |
ISBN: | 978-3-11-042718-9 |