Writing captivity in the early modern Atlantic : circulations of knowledge and authority in the Iberian and English imperial worlds / Lisa Voigt.

Drawing on texts written by and about European and Euro-American captives in a variety of languages and genres, this book explores the role of captivity in the production of knowledge, identity, and authority in the early modern imperial world. The practice of captivity attests to the violence that...

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Main Author: Voigt, Lisa (Associate professor) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
Series:Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia.
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