Fictions of Embassy : Literature and Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe.
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- computer
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- 9780801458712
- 809/.894
- PN56.D55 -- H36 2009eb
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Fictions of Embassy -- Angels and Pimps -- Words and Deeds -- The Useful and the Honorable -- Epic and the Law of Nations -- From Cortez to Camões -- Big States and Small States -- Hamlet's Diplomacy -- The Tragedy of Delegation -- In the Hôtel des Ambassadeurs -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Historians of early modern Europe have long stressed how new practices of diplomacy that emerged during the period transformed European politics. Fictions of Embassy is the first book to examine the cultural implications of the rise of modern.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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