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Rebellion and Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe investigates how in this struggle for intelligence about internal discord, diplomats emerged as key information brokers and interpreters of Europe's tumultuous political landscape.
List of contents
Introduction (Monika Barget, David de Boer, Malte Griesse) / The Arduous Task of Governing: Reports and Perceptions of the Neapolitan Revolt (1647-48) in the Diplomatic Network of the Duke of Arcos, Viceroy of Naples (Francesco Benigno) / Samuel Hartlib and the English Revolution: Communication and Parallel Diplomacy, 1640-1650s (Stéphane Haffemayer) / Fanatics in Foreign Lands: Diplomacy, Surveillance and the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685 (Jason Peacey) / Swedish Observations on the Fronde: Schering Rosenhane as Ambassador to the French Court (Malte Griesse) / Communicating a Danish Conspiracy: Spanish Diplomatic Reports on Dina Vinhofvers’s Scandal, 1651 (Enrique J. Corredera Nilsson) / "The Hatred Which They Bear Towards Their Kings": Hanoverian Perceptions of the Glorious Revolution (Monika Barget) / Neighborhood Trouble: Popular Unrest and Expressions of Dissatisfaction in Diplomatic Reporting between Denmark and Sweden, 1622-1624 (Miriam Rönnqvist and Nils Erik Villstrand) / Diplomacy and Intervention: French Negotiators to the Rescue of Hungarians during the War of the Spanish Succession (Lucien Bély) / Reporting Rebellion: The Marquis d’Iberville and the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 (Daniel Szechi) / Afterword (Monika Barget)
About the author
Monika Barget is an assistant professor for digital historical research methods at the University of Maastricht. Apart from GIS and digital text analysis, her research interests include visual and political cultures of the early modern period. She co-coordinates the DigiKAR geohumanities project and contributes to the DFG Island Studies Network.
David de Boer is a lecturer in early modern history at the University of Amsterdam. His work mainly focuses on migration, religious conflict, and the politics of memory. His first book, The Early Modern Dutch Press in an Age of Religious Persecution: The Making of Humanitarianism, was published in open access in 2023.
Malte Griesse is an associate professor at Nord University and has published extensively on uprisings and violence in early modern Europe. He specializes in Eastern European and Scandinavian history, comparatively studying revolts and government reactions as well as their perceptions across borders.
Summary
Rebellion and Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe investigates how in this struggle for intelligence about internal discord, diplomats emerged as key information brokers and interpreters of Europe’s tumultuous political landscape.
