Exiles and Expatriates in the History of Knowledge, 1500-2000 (The Menahem Stern Jerusalem Lectures)

312 Pages·2.839 MB·English

by  Peter Burke

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EXILES AND
EXPAT|iATES in
THE HISTO|y
of KNOWLEDGE,
1500–2000

PETER BURKE
EXILES AND
in
EXPAT|iATES
THE HISTO|y
of
KNOWLEDGE,
1500–2000
The Menahem Stern Jerusalem Lectures
brandeis university press
historical society of israel
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In memory of
my grandparents,
immigrants all
For my favorite expatriate,
Maria Lúcia

CONTENTS
Foreword by Dror Wahrman ix
Preface xiii
Introduction 1
1. The View from the Edge 16
2. A Global Topic 34
3. Early Modern Exiles 39
4. Three Types of Expatriate 82
5. The Great Exodus 130
A Comment on Brexit 188
Appendix
One Hundred Female Refugee Scholars
in the Humanities, 1933–1941 191
Notes 205
Bibliography 243
Index 279