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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| Format: | Ebook |
| Langue: | English |
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Leiden Boston : Brill,
[2023]
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| Titres liés à la collection: | Rulers & elites
volume 20 |
| Sujets: | Festivals Operas Orchestral music, Arranged Orchestral music Courts and courtiers Diplomatic relations Festivals - Political aspects Politics and government History Europa plus... |
| Description matérielle: | 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 329 Seiten) |
Table des matières:
- 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.