European colonialism’s ideological foundations were laid in the Medieval period

Evidence

I in turn extend an invitation to those who work on the ideologies of colonialism, anticolonialism, and postcolonialism to deepen their historical understanding of these problems through the comparative study of earlier ideological constructs of the other, whether that other is portrayed as the intruding “colonist” or the subjected “colonized.” The European colonial enterprise of the modern era began in many respects in the Middle Ages, and the texts analyzed in this book provide key theoretical underpinnings for European Christian hegemony over those who are non-Christian (or in the case of Irish, Byzantines, and others can somehow be presented as “less” Christian than their conquerors). — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1378 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Modern European colonial ideology has medieval Christian origins — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1378; European racial ideology predates colonial encounters and was extended to non-Europeans later — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 401; The idea of Africa as Europe’s Other precedes and justifies colonialism — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3387 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Modern European colonial ideology has medieval Christian origins #corroborates (0.95) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1378