Borders and Travellers in Early Modern Europe

Early modern Europe was obsessed with borders and travel, concepts that appealed and appalled in equal measure. Adopting a broad cultural approach, this collection presents a series of essays dealing with travel in the near east, Venice and Germany, travel writing and texts across Europe, and specific border zones, such as the Irish Pale and the border between Christians and Turks. Through a shared awareness of the way in which travelling and border crossing in the early modern world inevitably raised questions about identity, order and power, the contributors to this volume underline the shifting and uncertain nature of borders and travelling, and offer a fascinating insight into the cultural and social world of early modern Europe.