New Studies in European History - Ritual and the Culture of Diplomacy, 1648-1725

Informationen zum Autor Jan Hennings is Associate Professor of History at Central European University, Budapest. Klappentext This book explores diplomacy and ritual practice at a moment of new departures and change in both early modern Europe and Russia. Zusammenfassung An examination of dynastic courts! ritual and early modern diplomatic practice that explores Russian-European relations beyond the conventional East-West divide. Bringing to life the curiously complicated encounters between foreign diplomats! this book will appeal to readers interested in the new diplomatic history! early modern international relations and Russia's place in world history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on transliteration, spelling, and dates; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Barbarous ceremonies? Russia's places in early modern diplomacy; 2. Facts and fictions: the organisation of diplomatic practice; 3. Through the prism of ritual: Anglo-Russian encounters in the seventeenth century; 4. Stage and audience: the Grand Embassy to Vienna (1698) and Peter I's visit to Paris (1717); 5. From insult to imperator: changes and continuities in the reign of Peter I; Conclusion; Bibliography.

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• Authors: Jan Hennings, Jan (Central European University Hennings, Jan (Sabanci University Turkey) Hennings, Jan (University of Oxford Central Europe Hennings, Jan (University of Oxford) Hennings, Hennings Jan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781107050594
• ISBN: 978-1-107-05059-4
• No. of pages: 310
• Series: New Studies in European Histor; New Studies in European History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Russland, 17. Jahrhundert (1600 bis 1699 n. Chr.), UdSSR, Sowjetunion, Europäische Geschichte, 18. Jahrhundert (1700 bis 1799 n. Chr.), Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800, HISTORY / Russia / General, HISTORY / Russia / Imperial