Politics And Diplomacy In Early Modern Italy

Author : Daniela Frigo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0521561892

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Politics and Diplomacy in Early Modern Italy by Daniela Frigo Pdf

This 2000 volume was the first attempt at a comparative reconstruction of the foreign policy and diplomacy of the major Italian states in the early modern period. The various contributions reveal the instruments and forms of foreign relations in the Italian peninsula. They also show a range of different case-studies and models which share the values and political concepts of the cultural context of diplomatic practice in the ancien régime. While Venice, the Papal States, the duchy of Savoy, Florence (later the duchy of Tuscany), Mantua, Modena, and later the kingdom of Naples may be considered minor states in the broader European context, their diplomatic activity was equal to that of the major powers. This reconstruction of their ambassadors, their secretaries, and their ceremonies offers a fascinating interpretation of the political history of early modern Italy.

Author : Isabella Lazzarini
Publisher : Oxford Studies in Medieval Eur
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198727415

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Communication and Conflict by Isabella Lazzarini Pdf

Diplomacy has never been a politically-neutral research field, even when it was confined to merely reconstructing the backgrounds of wars and revolutions. In the nineteenth century, diplomacy was integral to the grand narrative of the building of the modern 'nation-State'. This is the first overall study of diplomacy in Early Renaissance Italy since Garrett Mattingly's pioneering work in 1955. It offers an innovative approach to the theme of Renaissance diplomacy, sidestepping the classic dichotomy between medieval and early modern, and re-considering the whole diplomatic process without reducing it to the 'grand narrative' of the birth of resident embassies. Communication and Conflict situates and explains the growth of diplomatic activity from a series of perspectives - political and institutional, cognitive and linguistic, material and spatial - and thus offers a highly sophisticated and persuasive account of causation, change, and impact in respect of a major political and cultural form. The volume also provides the most complete account to date of how it was that specifically Italian forms of diplomacy came to play such a central role, not only in the development of international relations at the European level, but also in the spread and application of humanism and of the new modes of political thinking and political discussion associated with the generations of Machiavelli and Guicciardini.

Author : R. Adams,R. Cox
Publisher : Springer
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230298125

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Diplomacy and Early Modern Culture by R. Adams,R. Cox Pdf

Offering a fresh approach to the study of the figure of the diplomat in the early modern period, this collection of diverse readings of archival texts, objects and contexts contributes a new analysis of the spaces, activities and practices of the Renaissance embassy.

Author : Garrett Mattingly
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781605204703

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Renaissance Diplomacy by Garrett Mattingly Pdf

This 1955 work is the classic history of the development of modern diplomacy in Renaissance Europe. Sometime after the year 1400, the diplomatic traditions of civilized cultures-which have existed as far back as the records of human history extend-took a sharp turn that was the result of new power relations in the newly modern world. Mattingly believed these could be illustrative of how nations and traditions change...and that we might apply those lessons to our own rapidly changing global culture. Discover: [ the legal framework of Medieval diplomacy [ diplomatic practices in the 15th century [ the Italian beginnings of modern diplomacy [ precedents for resident embassies [ the dynastic power relations of European nations in the 16th century [ French diplomacy and the breaking-up of Christendom [ the Habsburg system [ early modern diplomacy [ and more. American scholar of European history GARRETT MATTINGLY (1900-1962) is also the author of Catherine of Aragon (1941) and the bestselling The Armada (1959), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize.

Author : Isabella Lazzarini,Monica Azzolini
Publisher : Durham Medieval and Renaissanc
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Diplomacy
ISBN : 0888445660

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Italian Renaissance Diplomacy by Isabella Lazzarini,Monica Azzolini Pdf

Diplomacy during the period from about 1350 to about 1520 increasingly experimented with new ways of answering urgent political needs--to represent, negotiate, participate, and keep informed--by developing a broad range of innovative solutions that had to be integrated and absorbed within the traditional jurisdictional framework of medieval diplomacy. During the fifteenth century, diplomatic sources multiplied at an unprecedented rate, mostly due to the remarkable volume of dispatches exchanged between governments and envoys sent abroad for increasingly prolonged missions. The present book draws on these rich diplomatic sources, which are mostly unavailable to English readers. Most of the chapters present a selection of dispatches, either in their final version or in draft form; occasionally, instructions, letters of appointment, and final reports are added.

Author : Timothy Hampton
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780801457470

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Fictions of Embassy by Timothy Hampton Pdf

Historians of early modern Europe have long stressed how new practices of diplomacy that emerged during the period transformed European politics. Fictions of Embassy is the first book to examine the cultural implications of the rise of modern diplomacy. Ranging across two and a half centuries and half a dozen languages, Timothy Hampton opens a new perspective on the intersection of literature and politics at the dawn of modernity. Hampton argues that literary texts-tragedies, epics, essays-use scenes of diplomatic negotiation to explore the relationship between politics and aesthetics, between the world of political rhetoric and the dynamics of literary form. The diplomatic encounter is a scene of cultural exchange and linguistic negotiation. Literary depictions of diplomacy offer occasions for reflection on the definition of genre, on the power of representation, on the limits of rhetoric, on the nature of fiction making itself. Conversely, discussions of diplomacy by jurists, political philosophers, and ambassadors deploy the tools of literary tradition to articulate new theories of political action.Hampton addresses these topics through a discussion of the major diplomatic writers between 1450 and 1700-Machiavelli, Grotius, Gentili, Guicciardini-and through detailed readings of literary works that address the same topics-works by Shakespeare, More, Rabelais, Montaigne, Tasso, Corneille, Racine, and Camoens. He demonstrates that the issues raised by diplomatic theorists helped shape the emergence of new literary forms, and that literature provides a lens through which we can learn to read the languages of diplomacy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317899396

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The Italian Wars 1494-1559 by Anonim Pdf

The Italian Wars of 1494-1559 had a major impact on the whole of Renaissance Europe. In this important text, Michael Mallett and Christine Shaw place the conflict within the political and economic context of the wars. Emphasising the gap between aims and strategies of the political masters and what their commanders and troops could actually accomplish on the ground, they analyse developments in military tactics and the tactical use of firearms and examine how Italians of all sectors of society reacted to the wars and the inevitable political and social change that they brought about. The history of Renaissance Italy is currently being radically rethought by historians. This book is a major contribution to this re-evaluation, and will be essential reading for all students of Renaissance and military history.

Author : Elizabeth Horodowich,Lia Markey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107122871

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The New World in Early Modern Italy, 1492-1750 by Elizabeth Horodowich,Lia Markey Pdf

This volume considers Italy's history and examines how Italians became fascinated with the New World in the early modern period.

Author : James Daybell,Svante Norrhem
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134883912

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Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800 by James Daybell,Svante Norrhem Pdf

Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe investigates the gendered nature of political culture across early modern Europe by exploring the relationship between gender, power, and political authority and influence. This collection offers a rethinking of what constituted ‘politics’ and a reconsideration of how men and women operated as part of political culture. It demonstrates how underlying structures could enable or constrain political action, and how political power and influence could be exercised through social and cultural practices. The book is divided into four parts - diplomacy, gifts and the politics of exchange; socio-economic structures; gendered politics at court; and voting and political representations – each of which looks at a series of interrelated themes exploring the ways in which political culture is inflected by questions of gender. In addition to examples drawn from across Europe, including Austria, the Dutch Republic, the Italian States and Scandinavia, the volume also takes a transnational comparative approach, crossing national borders, while the concluding chapter, by Merry Wiesner-Hanks, offers a global perspective on the field and encourages comparative analysis both chronologically and geographically. As the first collection to draw together early modern gender and political culture, this book is the perfect starting point for students exploring this fascinating topic.

Author : Humfrey Butters,Gabriele Neher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Italy
ISBN : 9089647473

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Warfare and Politics by Humfrey Butters,Gabriele Neher Pdf

Warfare and Politics: Cities and Government in Renaissance Tuscany and Venice brings together a group of prominent contributors to consider the topics of government and warfare in Tuscany and Venice in the Renaissance. The essays cover a remarkably broad geographical and topical range as they analyse the economic, military, political, and diplomatic history of Florence, Rome, Venice, and the Italian peninsula in general through the Renaissance and early modern period.

Author : Jennifer Mara DeSilva
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781612480756

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Episcopal Reform and Politics in Early Modern Europe by Jennifer Mara DeSilva Pdf

In the tumultuous period of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when ecclesiastical reform spread across Europe, the traditional role of the bishop as a public exemplar of piety, morality, and communal administration came under attack. In communities where there was tension between religious groups or between spiritual and secular governing bodies, the bishop became a lightning rod for struggles over hierarchical authority and institutional autonomy. These struggles were intensified by the ongoing negotiation of the episcopal role and by increased criticism of the cleric, especially during periods of religious war and in areas that embraced reformed churches. This volume contextualizes the diversity of episcopal experience across early modern Europe, while showing the similarity of goals and challenges among various confessional, social, and geographical communities. Until now there have been few studies that examine the spectrum of responses to contemporary challenges, the high expectations, and the continuing pressure bishops faced in their public role as living examples of Christian ideals. Contributors include: William V. Hudon, Jennifer Mara DeSilva, Raymond A. Powell, Hans Cools, Antonella Perin, John Alexander, John Christopoulos, Jill Fehleison, Linda Lierheimer, Celeste McNamara, Jean-Pascal Gay

Author : Toby Osborne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521037913

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Dynasty and Diplomacy in the Court of Savoy by Toby Osborne Pdf

A major study in English of the duchy of Savoy in the Thirty Years War.

Author : Dr Piers Baker-Bates,Dr Miles Pattenden
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781472441492

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The Spanish Presence in Sixteenth-Century Italy by Dr Piers Baker-Bates,Dr Miles Pattenden Pdf

The essays collected here evaluate the broad range of contexts in which Spaniards were present in early modern Italy. They consider diplomacy, sanctity, art, politics and even popular verse. Each essay excavates how Italians who came into contact with the Spanish crown’s power perceived and interacted with the wider range of identities brought amongst them by its servants and subjects. Together they demonstrate what influenced and what determined Italians’ responses to Spain; they show Spanish Italy in its full transcultural glory and how its inhabitants projected its culture - throughout the sixteenth century and beyond.

Author : Michael Edward Mallett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Europe
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040443645

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Diplomacy and War in Later Fifteenth-century Italy by Michael Edward Mallett Pdf

Author : Tracey A. Sowerby,Jan Hennings
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351736916

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Practices of Diplomacy in the Early Modern World c.1410-1800 by Tracey A. Sowerby,Jan Hennings Pdf

Practices of Diplomacy in the Early Modern World offers a new contribution to the ongoing reassessment of early modern international relations and diplomatic history. Divided into three parts, it provides an examination of diplomatic culture from the Renaissance into the eighteenth century and presents the development of diplomatic practices as more complex, multifarious and globally interconnected than the traditional state-focussed, national paradigm allows. The volume addresses three central and intertwined themes within early modern diplomacy: who and what could claim diplomatic agency and in what circumstances; the social and cultural contexts in which diplomacy was practised; and the role of material culture in diplomatic exchange. Together the chapters provide a broad geographical and chronological presentation of the development of diplomatic practices and, through a strong focus on the processes and significance of cultural exchanges between polities, demonstrate how it was possible for diplomats to negotiate the cultural codes of the courts to which they were sent. This exciting collection brings together new and established scholars of diplomacy from different academic traditions. It will be essential reading for all students of diplomatic history.