Refugee Politics in Early Modern Europe

<b>Refugees have existed since ancient times but it was in the early modern era that they first became a distinct social and political category. This open access book maps the early modern 'invention of the refugee' and in the process uncovers their impact on local regional and transnational politics.</b><br/><br/>With case studies ranging from Scandinavia to the Maghreb <i>Refugee Politics in Early Modern Europe</i> traces how refugees transformed Europe. Topics explored include: the development of refugees as a political group in early modern societies; the role of displaced minorities in forging humanitarian networks; and the impact of refugees on migration management and imperialism. Most notably this collection of essays moves beyond discussions of expulsion and flight to shine a spotlight on how states responded critically and constitutionally to refugees - as a means of galvanizing social groups reinforcing identities promoting activities and expanding bureaucratic reach. The result is a sophisticated comparative study of migration identity power and politics which will be vital reading to all scholars of early modern Europe. <br/><br/><i>The open access edition of this book is available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).</i>