Spies, Espionage and Secret Diplomacy in the Early Modern Period
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Spies, Espionage and Secret Diplomacy in the Early Modern Period

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Spies, Espionage and Secret Diplomacy in the Early Modern Period

About this book

Approaching early modern spies, espionage and secret diplomacy as central elements in (wartime) communication networks, the thirteen contributions to this volume examine different kinds of espionage (economic espionage, political espionage etc.), identify different types of spies - diplomats, postmasters, court musicians, cooks and prostitutes - and reflect the multiple meanings and functions of information obtained through the many practices of spying in the early modern period. Drawing on examples from a wide range of states and empires, the volume looks into recruitment strategies and cryptography, highlights processes of professionalization and traces the reputation of spies ranging from the >honourablevillain<.

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Yes, you can access Spies, Espionage and Secret Diplomacy in the Early Modern Period by Guido Braun, Susanne Lachenicht, Guido Braun,Susanne Lachenicht, Andreas Bähr,Guido Braun,Marion Gindhart,Susanne Lachenicht in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Historia & Historia social. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Kohlhammer Verlag
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9783170389380
eBook ISBN
9783170389397
Edition
1
Topic
Historia
Subtopic
Historia social

Table of contents

  1. Deckblatt
  2. Titelseite
  3. Impressum
  4. Content
  5. Introduction
  6. De l’informativité. À propos du système d’espionnage de la France pendant la guerre de Succession d’Espagne
  7. Economic Espionage in the Early Modern Period
  8. Dominus Spiarum The development of a magistrate responsible for selecting spies in legal documents of late medieval and early modern Italy (fourteenth to sixteenth centuries)
  9. Espion : un métier ? Deux parcours d’espions professionnels au XVIIIe siècle
  10. Écrire le secret quotidien Pratiques de la cryptographie au sein de la diplo-matie française (XVIe siècle — premier XVIIe siècle)
  11. “Le maître de cette poste est notre plus grand ennemi” Postal Service and Espionage during the War of the Spanish Succession
  12. La monarchie catholique espagnole et l’intelligence souterraine : une affaire d’État ? (milieu XVIe – milieu XVIIe siècle)
  13. L’espionnage espagnol dans la France des guerres de Religion (1562–1598)
  14. Francés de Álava : Aux origines du Grand-espion du Roi Catholique
  15. « Pour l’amour de moy » Relations personnelles et espionnage dans l’entourage de l’ambassadeur savoyard René de Lucinge (1585–1588)
  16. Le réseau secret d’information du prince Eugène de Savoie
  17. L’espion visible : construction littéraire ou agent utile de la diplomatie ? Réflexions à partir du cas de Johann Albrecht von Mandelsloh (1616–1644)
  18. The Greek Spies of Muscovy in the Ottoman Empire, 1640s–1650s
  19. List of Contributors
  20. Index personarum
  21. Index locorum