Catherine Fletcher

Diplomacy in Renaissance Rome

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first comprehensive study of Renaissance diplomacy for sixty years, focusing on Europe's most important political centre, Rome, between 1450 and 1530.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781107107793
• ISBN-10: 1107107792
• Artikelnr.: 42698769

Autorenporträt

Catherine Fletcher is Lecturer in Public History at the University of Sheffield. Her first book, Our Man in Rome: Henry VIII and his Italian Ambassador, was published in 2012. Catherine graduated with a first-class degree in Politics and Communication Studies from the University of Liverpool and worked for the BBC Political Unit before studying for a PhD in History at Royal Holloway, University of London. She held fellowships at the Institute of Historical Research, the British School at Rome and the European University Institute before taking up her current post in 2012. She has published widely on aspects of early modern political culture and diplomacy. Catherine is a regular media contributor and has been a guest on two editions of BBC Radio 4's 'In Our Time' among other programmes. She has been a historical adviser to the new TV production of Wolf Hall and blogs at History Matters.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Rome and the rise of resident diplomacy
2. Conceptualising the resident ambassador
3. The ritual world of the curia
4. The personnel of diplomacy
5. Information and communication
6. Locating diplomacy in the city of Rome
7. 'Those who give are not all generous': the world of gifts
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.