TY - BOOK ID - 32828164 TI - The hajj and Europe in the Age of Empire PY - 2017 SN - 9789004323353 900432335X 9789004323346 9004323341 PB - Leiden; Boston Brill DB - UniCat KW - Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages KW - Europeans KW - History KW - Ethnology KW - Islamic pilgrims and pilgrimages KW - Pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim KW - Muslim travelers KW - Pilgrims and pilgrimages KW - History. KW - Europe KW - Islamic countries KW - Colonies KW - Administration. KW - Relations KW - Relgions KW - Muslim countries KW - Council of Europe countries KW - Eastern Hemisphere KW - Eurasia KW - Religions KW - islam KW - empire KW - mecca KW - pilgrimage KW - muslim holy places KW - arabia KW - hajj KW - european converts to islam KW - colonialism KW - global history KW - europe KW - Jeddah UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32828164 AB - The present volume focuses on the political perceptions of the Hajj, its global religious appeal to Muslims, and the European struggle for influence and supremacy in the Muslim world in the age of pre-colonial and colonial empires. In the late fifteenth century and early sixteenth century, a pivotal change in seafaring occurred, through which western Europeans played important roles in politics, trade, and culture. Viewing this age of empires through the lens of the Hajj puts it into a different perspective, by focusing on how increasing European dominance of the globe in pre-colonial and colonial times was entangled with Muslim religious action, mobility, and agency. The study of Europe’s connections with the Hajj therefore tests the hypothesis that the concept of agency is not limited to isolated parts of the globe. By adopting the “tools of empires,” the Hajj, in itself a global activity, would become part of global and trans-cultural history. With contributions by: Aldo D’Agostini; Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste; Ulrike Freitag; Mahmood Kooria; Michael Christopher Low; Adam Mestyan; Umar Ryad; John Slight and Bogusław R. Zagórski. ER -