Research Catalog

Title

Stuart marriage diplomacy : dynastic politics in their European context, 1604-1630 / edited by Valentina Caldari and Sara J. Wolfson.

Publication

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, 2018.

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Additional Authors

• Caldari, Valentina
• Wolfson, Sara J.

Description

xviii, 367 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

Dynastic marriages mattered in early modern Europe. The creation of alliances and the outbreak of wars were tied to continental dynastic politics. This book combines cultural definitions of politics with a wider exploration of institutional, military, diplomatic and economic concerns with a view to providing a more comprehensive understanding of dynastic marriage negotiations. It covers a period from the signing of the Treaty of London in 1604 until after the Anglo-French and Anglo-Spanish peace treaties (1629-30). Stuart Marriage Diplomacy explores how the search for a bride for Princes Henry and Charles started a long process of protracted consultations between the key players of Europe: Spain, Italy, France, Rome, Brussels and the United Provinces. It shows the interconnections between these courts, thus advancing a 'continental turn' in the analysis of Stuart politics in the early seventeenth century, and considers how reason of state was often considered as more crucial than religion or economic concerns in the outcome of the Stuart-Habsburg and Stuart-Bourbon marriage negotiations. It also reveals the extent to which the interactions between Europe and non-European actors in both the Atlantic and the East contributed to a redefinition of European identity. It will engage not only scholars and students of early modern Europe but, more generally, those interested in the history of European courts and royalty.

Series Statement

Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history, 1476-9107 ; volume 31

Uniform Title

Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history ; v. 31.

Subjects

• Marriages of royalty and nobility
• Great Britain
• Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1625-1649
• 1600-1714
• Diplomatic relations
• Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1603-1625
• Great Britain > History > Stuarts, 1603-1714
• Marriages of royalty and nobility > Great Britain > History > 17th century
• History

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-355) and index.

Call Number

JFE 18-8773

ISBN

• 9781783271436
• 1783271434

LCCN

2018289256

OCLC

1039960480

Title

Stuart marriage diplomacy : dynastic politics in their European context, 1604-1630 / edited by Valentina Caldari and Sara J. Wolfson.

Publisher

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, 2018.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history, 1476-9107 ; volume 31

Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history ; v. 31.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-355) and index.

Chronological Term

1600-1714

Added Author

Caldari, Valentina, editor.

Wolfson, Sara J., editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 18-8773