{"product_id":"strangers-at-the-heavenly-court-von-james-masaki-fujitani","title":"Strangers at the Heavenly Court","description":"\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \n            \u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9789819527007\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe 1517 Portuguese Embassy to China\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9789819527007","offer_id":56534945333573,"sku":"9789819527007","price":53.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/333ed02a-9b33-47e7-850c-072da945403b.jpg?v=1772176737","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/strangers-at-the-heavenly-court-von-james-masaki-fujitani","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}