Diplomacy in Renaissance Rome : the rise of the resident ambassador

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Diplomacy in Renaissance Rome : the rise of the resident ambassador

Title remainder

the rise of the resident ambassador

Statement of responsibility

Catherine Fletcher

Creator

• Fletcher, Catherine, 1975-

Author

• Fletcher, Catherine, 1975-

Subject

• Renaissance -- Italy | Rome
• Renaissance -- Italy | Papal States
• Diplomatic and consular service, Papal States -- History
• Ambassadors -- Italy | Papal States -- History
• Papal courts
• Diplomatic and consular service -- History
• Diplomacy -- History
• Rome (Italy) -- History -- 1420-1798
• Papacy -- History -- 1447-1565

Language

eng

Summary

"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. Part I introduces 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; and trends in the personnel of diplomacy. Part II takes a thematic approach, exploring travel and communication practices; the city of Rome as a space for diplomacy; and the world of gift-giving"--

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Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

327.456/34009024

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

JZ1405

LC item number

.F54 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography