Many people have one-sided or distorted ideas about what is European. The Würzburg professor Dag Nikolaus Hasse demonstrates this in a book that is now also available in English.

During the 17th century, Europeans were increasingly exposed to world cultures that existed around them. Travel by sea happened for more than just explorers commissioned by governments, but for ...

"Anyone wishing to understand the meaning of home will welcome the essays in this volume, which have much to say about how inextricably linked our concept of home is with the notion of comfort. By ...