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Early modern diplomacy and French festival culture in a European context, 1572-1615
- Title
- Early modern diplomacy and French festival culture in a European context, 1572-1615 / by Bram van Leuveren.
- Author
- Leuveren, Bram van
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
- ©2023
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- Description
- xiv, 329 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This book is the first to explore the rich festival culture of late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century France as a tool for diplomacy. Bram van Leuveren examines how the late Valois and early Bourbon rulers of the kingdom made conscious use of festivals to advance their diplomatic interests in a war-torn Europe and how diplomatic stakeholders from across the continent participated in and responded to the theatrical and ceremonial events that featured at these festivals. Analysing a large body of multi-lingual eyewitness and commemorative accounts, as well as visual and material objects, Van Leuveren argues that French festival culture operated as a contested site where the diplomatic concerns of stakeholders from various national, religious, and social backgrounds fought for recognition"--
- Series Statement
- Rulers & elites : comparative studies in governance, 2211-4610 ; volume 20
- Uniform Title
- Rulers & elites ; v. 20.
- Subject
- 1500-1789
- Festivals > Political aspects > History > France > 16th century
- Festivals > Political aspects > History > France > 17th century
- Courts and courtiers
- Diplomatic relations
- Festivals > Political aspects
- Politics and government
- France > Foreign relations > 16th century
- France > Foreign relations > 1589-1789
- France > Court and courtiers > History > 16th century
- France > Court and courtiers > History > 17th century
- France > Politics and government > 1562-1598
- France > Politics and government > 1589-1789
- France
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-312) and index.
- Contents
- Unhappy products of unhappy times : European thought on diplomacy and festival culture in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- Cross-confessional diplomacy : the Parisian court festivals of summer 1572 -- Diplomatic (in)hospitality : Henri III's controversial reception of Dutch rebels, winter 1585 -- Public and back-channel diplomacy : broadcasting reconciliation at the time of the Edict of Nantes and the Peace of Vervins, 1598-1600 -- Contesting diplomacies : continuity and audience control at two royal marriages, 1612-1615.
- Call Number
- JFE 24-103
- ISBN
- 9789004435438
- 9004435433
- 9789004537811 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2023019902
- OCLC
- 1380459820
- Author
- Leuveren, Bram van, author.
- Title
- Early modern diplomacy and French festival culture in a European context, 1572-1615 / by Bram van Leuveren.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Rulers & elites : comparative studies in governance, 2211-4610 ; volume 20Rulers & elites ; v. 20.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-312) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1500-1789
- Other Form:
- Online version: Leuveren, Bram van. Early modern diplomacy and French festival culture in a European context, 1572-1615 Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, [2023] 9789004537811 (DLC) 2023019903
- Research Call Number
- JFE 24-103