Ceremonies of Possession in Europe's Conquest of the New World, 1492-1640 by Patricia Seed

Ceremonies of Possession in Europe's Conquest of the New World, 1492-1640

Patricia Seed

208 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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This work of comparative history explores the array of ceremonies that the English, the Spanish, the French, the Portuguese and the Dutch performed to enact their taking possession of the New World. The book develops the historic cultural contexts...

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