Politics and Diplomacy in Early Modern Italy: The Structure of Diplomatic Practice, 1450-1800
Politics and Diplomacy in Early Modern Italy: The Structure of Diplomatic Practice, 1450-1800 By Daniela Frigo, Adrian Belton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2000 | 270 Pages | ISBN: 0521561892 | PDF | 1 MB
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2000 | 270 Pages | ISBN: 0521561892 | PDF | 1 MB
This volume is the first attempt at a comparative reconstruction of the foreign policy and diplomacy of the major Italian states in the early modern period. The various contributions reveal the instruments and forms of foreign relations in the Italian peninsula. They also reveal through a range of case studies, including Venice, the Papal States, the duchy of Savoy, Florence (later the duchy of Tuscany), Mantua, Modena, and the kingdom of Naples, a new interpretation of the political history of early modern Italy.