Early modern diplomacy and French festival culture in a European context, 1572-1615

"This book is the first to explore the rich festival culture of late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century France as a tool for diplomacy. Bram van Leuveren examines how the late Valois and early Bourbon rulers of the kingdom made conscious use of festivals to advance their diplomatic intere...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Leuveren, Bram van (VerfasserIn)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden Boston : Brill, [2023]
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:Rulers & elites volume 20
Schlagworte:Festivals Operas Orchestral music, Arranged Orchestral music Courts and courtiers Diplomatic relations Festivals - Political aspects Politics and government History Europa mehr... Frankreich Diplomatie Höfisches Fest Höfische Kultur Repräsentation Geschichte 1572-1615
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 329 Seiten)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Unhappy products of unhappy times : European thought on diplomacy and festival culture in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
  • Cross-confessional diplomacy : the Parisian court festivals of summer 1572
  • Diplomatic (in)hospitality : Henri III's controversial reception of Dutch rebels, winter 1585
  • Public and back-channel diplomacy : broadcasting reconciliation at the time of the Edict of Nantes and the Peace of Vervins, 1598-1600
  • Contesting diplomacies : continuity and audience control at two royal marriages, 1612-1615.