John Condren

Louis XIV and the Peace of Europe (eBook, PDF)

French Diplomacy in Northern Italy, 1659 - 1701

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first serious full-length study of Louis XIV's diplomatic relations with the small states of northern Italy, specifically the duchies of Parma, Modena, and Mantua-Monferrato.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040041604
• Artikelnr.: 72282040

Autorenporträt

John Condren received an MLitt and subsequently a PhD in History from the University of St Andrews, after completing an undergraduate degree in Law and European Studies at the University of Limerick. He has taught at the Universities of Limerick, St Andrews, and Oxford, and is currently an Assistant Professor in History at the University of Nottingham. His research focuses primarily on the diplomatic, political, military, intellectual, and cultural history of the Italian peninsula, the kingdom of France, the Republic of Geneva, and the Swiss Confederacy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This is his first book.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One
"The king loves Italians": cultural ties, dynastic exchanges, and private
interests between the small Lombardy courts and France
Chapter Two
"For the public good of all Italy": promoting a pax gallica in the north of
the peninsula, 1659-1673
Chapter Three
"Full of animosity against Rome": Italy and the Corsican Guards Affair,
1662-1665
Chapter Four
"Bound to France with links of gold": negotiating with the duke of Mantua
for the occupation of Casale, 1679-1684
Chapter Five
"His Majesty has enough enemies to contend with": the path to war in Italy,
1685-1689
Chapter Six
"In the claws of the imperial eagle": the Italian princes abandoned by
France, 1690-1695
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Este family tree
Farnese family tree
Gonzaga di Guastalla family tree
Gonzaga di Mantova and Gonzaga-Nevers family tree