Diplomatic Intelligence on Holy Roman Empire Denmark During Reigns - Three Treatises

Three accounts on the Holy Roman Empire and Denmark written by English and Scottish diplomats during the sixteenth century.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. 'The state of Germany', 1569; 2. 'A discourse [¿] of Denmarke', 1588; 3. 'Ane account of ane embassie', 1590; Appendix. 'The tenn circles', 1569; Index.

About the author

David Scott Gehring was educated at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and held long- and short-term research fellowships in the UK, the USA, Germany and Israel before coming to the University of Nottingham in 2014. His research investigates English relations with different groups of Protestants on the European mainland, with a particular focus on the Protestant territories of the Holy Roman Empire and Denmark. He has published in BBC History Magazine, edited collections, and various journals. His first book, Anglo-German Relations and the Protestant Cause: Elizabethan Foreign Policy and Pan-Protestantism, was published in 2013.

Summary

These three accounts on the Holy Roman Empire and Denmark were written by diplomats from England and Scotland during the second half of the sixteenth century. They demonstrate the complex interplay of politics and religion in international relations during this period of conflict.

Product details

• Authors: EDITED BY DAVID SCOT, David Scott Gehring, David Scott (University of Nottingham) Gehring
• Assisted by: David Scott Gehring (Editor), David Scott (University of Nottingham) Gehring (Editor), Gehring David Scott (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.07.2016
• EAN: 9781107147980
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14798-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Camden Fifth Series; Camden Fifth Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Denmark, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, LAW / International, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Ancient Rome, Diplomacy, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Treaties & Other Sources Of International Law, Public international law: treaties and other sources, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries