Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 329 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9789004537811
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9004537813
Series Statement:
Rulers & elites volume 20
Content:
"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 interests in a war-torn Europe and how diplomatic stakeholders from across the continent participated in and responded to the theatrical and ceremonial events that featured at these festivals. Analysing a large body of multi-lingual eyewitness and commemorative accounts, as well as visual and material objects, Van Leuveren argues that French festival culture operated as a contested site where the diplomatic concerns of stakeholders from various national, religious, and social backgrounds fought for recognition"--
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 264-312 ; Index
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Dissertation$cUniversity of St Andrews [2019]
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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.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004435438
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Leuveren, Bram van Early modern diplomacy and French festival culture in a European context, 1572-1615 Leiden : Brill, 2023 ISBN 9789004435438
Language:
English
Keywords:
Europa
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Frankreich
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Diplomatie
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Höfisches Fest
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Höfische Kultur
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Repräsentation
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Geschichte 1572-1615
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1163/9789004537811
