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Communication and Conflict: Italian Diplomacy in the Early Renaissance, 1350-1520 (Oxford Studies in Modern European History)
Isabella Lazzarini
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Description for Communication and Conflict: Italian Diplomacy in the Early Renaissance, 1350-1520 (Oxford Studies in Modern European History)
Hardcover. The first overall study of diplomacy in Early Renaissance Italy for 60 years, explaining how Italian diplomacy came to play such a central role in the development of international relations in Europe, in the spread and application of humanism, and in new modes of political and cultural thought. Series: Oxford Studies in Medieval European History. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
Diplomacy has never been a politically-neutral research field, even when it was confined to merely reconstructing the backgrounds of wars and revolutions. In the nineteenth century, diplomacy was integral to the grand narrative of the building of the modern 'nation-State'. This is the first overall study of diplomacy in Early Renaissance Italy since Garrett Mattingly's pioneering work in 1955. It offers an innovative approach to the theme of Renaissance diplomacy, sidestepping the classic dichotomy between medieval and early modern, and re-considering the whole diplomatic process without reducing it to the 'grand narrative' of the birth of resident embassies. Communication ... Read more
Diplomacy has never been a politically-neutral research field, even when it was confined to merely reconstructing the backgrounds of wars and revolutions. In the nineteenth century, diplomacy was integral to the grand narrative of the building of the modern 'nation-State'. This is the first overall study of diplomacy in Early Renaissance Italy since Garrett Mattingly's pioneering work in 1955. It offers an innovative approach to the theme of Renaissance diplomacy, sidestepping the classic dichotomy between medieval and early modern, and re-considering the whole diplomatic process without reducing it to the 'grand narrative' of the birth of resident embassies. Communication ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Oxford Studies in Medieval European History
Condition
New
Weight
663g
Number of Pages
338
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198727415
SKU
V9780198727415
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About Isabella Lazzarini
Isabella Lazzarini studied at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, and became Professor of Medieval History at the University of Molise. Her research interests focus on the political, social, and cultural history of late medieval Italy, with an emphasis on Renaissance diplomacy and the growth of different political languages in documentary sources.
Reviews for Communication and Conflict: Italian Diplomacy in the Early Renaissance, 1350-1520 (Oxford Studies in Modern European History)
Isabella Lazzarini offers a new take on the issue of modern diplomacys emergence in late medieval Europe.
Emrah Safa Gurkan, OTTOMAN STUDIES
Communication and Conflict is a wonderful and thought-provoking book: it should be essential reading in and beyond the community of scholars working on this topic.
Catherine Fletcher, Reviews in History
[S]uccessfully deconstruct[s] the assumed ... Read more
Emrah Safa Gurkan, OTTOMAN STUDIES
Communication and Conflict is a wonderful and thought-provoking book: it should be essential reading in and beyond the community of scholars working on this topic.
Catherine Fletcher, Reviews in History
[S]uccessfully deconstruct[s] the assumed ... Read more