(Dis)connected Empires: Imperial Portugal, Sri Lankan Diplomacy, and the Making of a Habsburg Conquest in Asia. Zoltán Biedermann. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. xvi + 256 pp. $85

• Published in: Renaissance quarterly Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 278 - 280
• Main Author: Brockey, Liam Matthew
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.04.2021
• Subjects: 16th century; Diplomacy; Political history; Politics; Renaissance period; Asia; Sri Lanka; Portugal

Much like Mexico and Peru, it underwent a conquest phase in the sixteenth century that inaugurated a long period of colonial occupation under three different European regimes: Biedermann's study addresses two concerns, one dealing with the theories surrounding encounter and empire, and another...