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Diplomacy and early modern culture [electronic resource]
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- 出版： New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
- 叢書名： Early modern literature in history
- 主題： Diplomacy. , Diplomats. , History, Modern. , LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General , LITERARY CRITICISM / General , HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century. , HISTORY / Europe / General. , Electronic books.
- ISBN： 9780230298125 (electronic bk.) 、 0230298125 (electronic bk.)
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- 資料類型: 電子書
- 內容註: Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine generated contents note: 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. "This volume began life after a three-day conference held at the University of Kent in collaboration with the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, Queen Mary, University of London in 2008."
- 摘要註: 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 in-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. "Offering a fresh approach to the study of the figure of the diplomat in the early modern period, this collection of diverse readings of archival texts, objects and contexts contributes a new analysis of the spaces, activities and practices of the Renaissance embassy"--
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- 系統號： 005098282 | 機讀編目格式
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