This volume offers a fresh approach to the study of diplomacy and related activity in the early modern period. It seeks to widen the conventional entry point into the study of the figures associated with continental and global diplomatic exchange, which has traditionally been the province of political and military history. The interdisciplinary theme of the collection is reflected in its generous and fertile scope of intellectual enquiry, texts, objects and methodology. The essays mark a growing interest in the area with contributions from social, religious, literary and intellectual historians, as well as scholars interested in gender and material culture. Moving away from the study of the lone diplomat or agent about his official business, this collection explores the ina between people and places along the journey of the legate, his belongings, household and his or her correspondence. Examining these spaces and activities brings a richer and more textured view of the role of the ambassador abroad, alerting the modern reader to the meaningful texts and contexts surrounding the official or ceremonial mission.
| ISBN | 0230239765 | | Pages | 216 | | ISBN13 | 9780230239760
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 367 | | Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan | | Published in | Basingstoke | | Imprint | Palgrave Macmillan | | Series title | Early Modern Literature in History | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 224 | | Publication date | 08 Dec 2010 | | Width (mm) | 143 | | DEWEY | 327.20903 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Postgraduate |
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Foreword; L.Jardine Introduction; R.Adams & R.Cox 'Procure as many as you can and send them over': Cartographic Espionage and Cartographic Gifts in International Relations 1460-1760; P.Barber Scholars, Servants, Spies: William Weldon and William Swerder in England and Abroad; J.Powell Some Elizabethan Spies in the Office of Sir Francis Walsingham; S.Alford A Most Secret Service: William Herle and the Circulation of Intelligence; R.Adams Sidney, Gentili, and the Poetics of Embassy; J.Craigwood Gender, Politics and Diplomacy: Women, News and Intelligence Networks in Elizabethan England; J.Daybell Francis Bacon's Bi-literal Cipher and the Materiality of Early Modern Diplomatic Writing; A.Stewart Court Hieroglyphics: The Idea of the Cipher in Ben Jonson's Masques; H.J.Crawforth The Ambassador's Household: Sir Henry Wotton, Domesticity, and Diplomatic Writing; M.Netzloff The Postmistress, The Diplomat, and a Black Chamber?: Alexandrine of Taxis, Sir Balthazar Gerbier and the Power of Postal Control; N.Akkerman Index
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