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Strangers at the Heavenly Court

This open access book examines the first modern diplomatic contact between Europe and East Asia: the 1517 Portuguese embassy to China. The experience did not end well, for in 1521, the Ming Court decided to cut off relations, and a battle broke out between the Guangdong and Portuguese fleets. This w...

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Hovedforfatter: Fujitani, James Masaki
Format: Online
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Springer Nature 2025
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Ming Empire
Portuguese Asia
European Age of Exploration
History of China-Portugal Relations
Early Modern Global History
Tribute System
Maritime Ban
History of Government Bureaucracy
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSD Diplomacy
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies
thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law::LBB Public international law
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history
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Summary:This open access book examines the first modern diplomatic contact between Europe and East Asia: the 1517 Portuguese embassy to China. The experience did not end well, for in 1521, the Ming Court decided to cut off relations, and a battle broke out between the Guangdong and Portuguese fleets. This work seeks to explain why this happened. Making extensive use of both Chinese and Western archival sources, it proposes a new interpretation—one that breaks with the traditional “clash of civilizations” viewpoint and focuses instead on the diversity of actors and the complex relationships between them.

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