Toby Osborne

Dynasty and Diplomacy in the Court of Savoy

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Produktbeschreibung

A major study in English of the duchy of Savoy in the Thirty Years War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 672g
• ISBN-13: 9780521652681
• ISBN-10: 0521652685
• Artikelnr.: 34560601

Autorenporträt

Dr Toby Osborne was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and prepared his DPhil thesis under the supervision of Professor Sir John Elliott. He has taught at Durham since 1995. This is his first book.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Names and dates
Introduction
Part I. Dynastic Power: the House of Savoy and the Scaglia di Verrua: 1. Dynastic power: Savoy and Europe
2. Power and patronage: the Scaglia di Verrua in the service of Savoy
Part II. The Treaty of Monzón, 1624-7: 3. Savoyard diplomacy: Alessandro Scaglia and the mission to Paris, 1624-6
4. Pragmatic diplomacy: England, France and Spain
Part III. The War for Mantua and Monferrato, 1628-32: 5. The war, 1628-31
6. After the war, 1631-2
Part IV. Alessandro Scaglia: Exile and Savoy During the 1630s: 7. Power and patronage: Alessandro Scaglia in exile
8. The House of Savoy and the Scaglia di Verrua: dynastic instability and civil war, 1632-42
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.