Changing Worlds, Worlds of Change: Early Modern Texts in Times of Turmoil
52nd Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Convention Multiple moments of upheaval—clashes between European powers, violent religious conflict, political instability, and epidemics—shook early modern France. Increased contact with the Americas contributed to greater European awareness of the wider world and human diversity, which generated an interrogation of France’s place in it. These shifts in the global landscape mirrored a new interest in exploring humankind, and the early modern b…
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