Writing Europe in Renaissance France: Travels in Reality and Imagination

In this original study, Niall Oddy explores representations of Europe in sixteenth and early—seventeenth century French writing to argue that Europe as an idea evolved in productive dialogue with emerging national consciousness, not as an alternative to the nation state. Analysing literary texts alongside works of travel, geography, history and politics, this book demonstrates how ideas of Europe were shaped by real and imagined journeys across the globe and adapted across a range of discur...