Russia and Courtly Europe - Ritual and the Culture of Diplomacy, 1648-1725

This book explores diplomacy and ritual practice at a moment of new departures and change in both early modern Europe and Russia.

Sommario

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.

Info autore

Jan Hennings is Associate Professor of History at Central European University, Budapest.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jan Hennings, Jan (Central European University Hennings, Hennings Jan
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781107646131
• ISBN: 978-1-107-64613-1
• Pagine: 309
• Serie: New Studies in European History; New Studies in European Histor; New Studies in European Histor; New Studies in European History
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; 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