Renaissance Diplomacy

Framsida
Courier Corporation, 1 jan. 1988 - 284 sidor
Famed historian's definitive history of the origins of diplomacy, tracing the diplomat's role as it emerged in the Italian city-states and spread northward in the 16th and 17th centuries. "An important book...carefully and elegantly written." — The Times (London). "Excellent." — New York Herald Tribune. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
 

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Foreword
9
Part One Medieval Diplomacy Fifteenth Century
13
THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
15
DIPLOMATIC PRINCIPALS AND DIPLOMATIC AGENTS
23
DIPLOMATIC PRACTICE
30
DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES
39
Part Two The Italian Beginnings of Modern Diplomacy
45
THE RENAISSANCE ENVIRONMENT
47
THE FRENCH INVASION OF ITALY
115
THE SPANISH INTERVENTION
119
THE SPANISH DIPLOMATIC SERVICE
125
THE SPREAD OF THE NEW DIPLOMACY
132
DYNASTIC POWER POLITICS
140
FRENCH DIPLOMACY AND THE BREAKINGUP
148
THE PERFECT AMBASSADOR
181
THE IMPERFECT PRINCES
192

PRECEDENTS FOR RESIDENT EMBASSIES
55
THE FIRST RESIDENT AGENTS
61
THE MILANESE WARS AND THE PEACE OF LODI
71
THE CONCERT OF ITALY 14551494
78
THE MACHINERY OF RENAISSANCE DIPLOMACY
87
THE DUTIES OF A RESIDENT AMBASSADOR
94
Part Three SixteenthCentury Diplomacy
103
THE EUROPEAN POWERS
105
MEN SENT TO LIE ABROAD
201
THE EMBASSY ROUTINE
207
THE GAME AT CHESS
220
THE NEW IMMUNITIES
233
LAW AMONG NATIONS
245
A General Note on Bibliography
257
Index
279
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