Communication and conflict : Italian diplomacy in the early Renaissance, 1350-1520
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| Format: | Livre |
| Langue: | English |
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Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2015
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| Édition: | First edition |
| Titres liés à la collection: | Oxford studies in medieval european history
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| Sujets: | Diplomacy Italien Diplomatie Geschichte 1350-1520 |
| Description matérielle: | ix, 326 Seiten |
Table des matières:
- Introduction : Diplomacy and the "genèse de l'État moderne"Renaissance Italy. Part 1 The framework : 1 The political geography of Italian diplomacy : Diplomatic interactions
- Identities and chronologies
- Spheres of activity: Italy and beyond
- Concluding remarks: Praxis and late developments. 2 The polygenesis of diplomacy and the trajectories of change : Patterns
- A polygenetic model: formal diplomatic assignments
- merchants
- Papal legates, nuntii, collectors
- The chronology of diplomatic change
- Concluding remarks: flexibility and models. 3 Sources for the study of diplomacy : Letters and other representations
- Records
- Narratives
- Laws and rules
- Concluding remarks: images and perceptions. Part 2 Diplomacy as a political action : 4 Information : The value of information
- Control and manipulation
- Information networks
- Information-gathering, ordering, and transmission: the techniques
- Concluding remarks: information and anxiety. 5 Negotiation : Old and new meanings
- General aims and daily practices
- Roles and patterns of interaction
- Concluding remarks: the documentary lenses. 6 Communication : Communication in diplomacy
- Communication networks
- A web of words
- Concluding remarks: controlling conflict, "thinking" about politics. Part 3 Diplomacy as a practice : 7 Diplomatic agents: an open social field : An open social field
- Ambassadors
- Occasional diplomats
- The gendered face of diplomacy
- Concluding remarks: a reciprocal duty. 8 Forms, actions, and rituals : Forms, actions, and rituals of diplomatic interactions
- FOrms and practices of diplomacy
- Ritual and hierarchy
- Concluding remarks: the obsession with secrecy. 9 The spaces of diplomacy : the political and physical spaces of diplomacy
- The spatial geography of interactions
- Cities and countryside: the spaces of diplomacy
- Concluding remarks: a world on stage? Part 4 Diplomacy as a political language and a cultural process : 10 The forms of diplomatic communication : Forms and codes: speaking, reading, actions, writing
- Speaking and reading
- Actions
- Writing
- Concluding remarks: the records' memory. 11 Argument and emotion : Argument and emotion: performative codes and the transformative power of words
- Argumentative strategies over time
- The words and scripts of emotions
- Concluding remarks: constative, performative, or transformative? 12 Languages, Lexeis, and exchanges : Transfers
- Languages
- Lexeis
- Exchanges
- Concluding remarks: the ultimate exchange. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.