Early Modern European Diplomacy

A Handbook

Dorothée Goetze, Lena Oetzel, Dorothée Goetze, Lena Oetzel

• Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9783110672077
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European History
• Index: History

New Diplomatic History has turned into one of the most dynamic and innovative areas of research – especially with regard to early modern history. It has shown that diplomacy was not as homogenous as previously thought. On the contrary, it was shaped by a multitude of actors, practices and places. The handbook aims to characterise these different manifestations of diplomacy and to contextualise them within ongoing scientific debates. It brings together scholars from different disciplines and historiographical traditions.
The handbook deliberately focuses on European diplomacy – although non-European areas are taken into account for future research – in order to limit the framework and ensure precise definitions of diplomacy and its manifestations. This must be the prerequisite for potential future global historical perspectives including both the non-European and the European world.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• 1 A Diplomat Is a Diplomat Is a Diplomat? On How to Approach Early Modern European Diplomacy in Its Diversity: An Introduction
• I Historiographical Perspectives
• II (Contemporary) Diplomatic Discourses
• III Development of European Diplomacy – an Overview
• IV Spheres of Diplomatic Interactions
• V Diplomatic Actors
• VI Diplomacy in Practice
• VII Epilogue
• VIII Appendix
• 40 Selective Bibliography of Primary Sources and Editions
• Index