Diplomacy in Renaissance Rome
The Rise of the Resident Ambassador
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication: 14 October 2015
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Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781107107793 |
| ISBN10: | 1107107792 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 202 pages |
| Size: | 229x152x13 mm |
| Weight: | 430 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 3 b/w illus. |
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Short description:
The first comprehensive study of Renaissance diplomacy for sixty years, focusing on Europe's most important political centre, Rome, between 1450 and 1530.
Long description:
Diplomacy in Renaissance Rome is an investigation of Renaissance diplomacy in practice. Presenting the first book-length study of this subject for sixty years, Catherine Fletcher substantially enhances our understanding of the envoy's role during this pivotal period for the development of diplomacy. Uniting rich but hitherto unexploited archival sources with recent insights from social and cultural history, Fletcher argues for the centrality of the papal court - and the city of Rome - in the formation of the modern European diplomatic system. The book addresses topics such as the political context from the return of the popes to Rome, the 1454 Peace of Lodi and after 1494 the Italian Wars; the assimilation of ambassadors into the ceremonial world; the prescriptive literature; trends in the personnel of diplomacy; an exploration of travel and communication practices; the city of Rome as a space for diplomacy; and the world of gift-giving.
'This study of the rise of the resident foreign ambassador at the papal court is a welcome synthesis of current scholarship combined with Catherine Fletcher's original work on the topic to date.' Jennifer Mara Desilva, Renaissance and Reformation
'This study of the rise of the resident foreign ambassador at the papal court is a welcome synthesis of current scholarship combined with Catherine Fletcher's original work on the topic to date.' Jennifer Mara Desilva, Renaissance and Reformation
Table of Contents:
Introduction; 1. Rome and the rise of resident diplomacy; 2. Conceptualising the resident ambassador; 3. The ritual world of the curia; 4. The personnel of diplomacy; 5. Information and communication; 6. Locating diplomacy in the city of Rome; 7. 'Those who give are not all generous': the world of gifts; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
