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Author Hennings, Jan, author.

Title Russia and courtly Europe : ritual and the culture of diplomacy, 1648-1725 / Jan Hennings (University of Oxford).

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource
Series New studies in European history
New studies in European history.
Summary "In this new book on early modern diplomacy, Jan Hennings explores the relationship between European powers and Russia beyond the conventional East-West divide from the Peace of Westphalia to the reign of Peter the Great. He examines how, at a moment of new departure in both Europe and Russia, the norms shaping diplomatic practice emerged from the complex relations and direct encounters within the world of princely courts rather than from incompatible political cultures. He makes clear the connections between dynastic representation, politics and foreign relations and shows that Russia, despite its perceived isolation and cultural distinctiveness, participated in the developments and transformations that were taking place more broadly in diplomacy. The central themes of this study are the interlocking manifestations of social hierarchy, monarchical honour and sovereign status in both text and ritual. Related issues of diplomatic customs, institutional structures, personnel, negotiation practice, international law, and the question of cultural transfer, also figure prominently"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Barbaric ceremonies? : Russia's places in early modern diplomacy -- Facts and fictions : the organisation of diplomatic practice -- Through the prism of ritual : Anglo-Russian encounters in the seventeenth century -- Stage and audience : the Russian Grand Embassy to Vienna in 1698 and Peter I visit to Paris in 1717 -- From insult to imperator : changes and continuities in the reign of Peter I.
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Subject Europe -- Foreign relations -- Russia.
Russia -- Foreign relations -- Europe.
Diplomacy -- History -- 17th century.
Diplomacy -- History -- 18th century.
Europe -- Kings and rulers -- History.
Russia -- Kings and rulers -- History.
Europe -- Court and courtiers -- History.
Russia -- Court and courtiers -- History.
Political customs and rites -- Europe -- History.
Political customs and rites -- Russia -- History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Courts and courtiers
Diplomacy
Diplomatic relations
Kings and rulers
Political customs and rites
Europe https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxCxPbbk4CPJDQJb4r6rq
Russia
Chronological Term 1600-1799
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: Hennings, Jan. Russia and courtly Europe. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016 9781107050594 (DLC) 2016036669 (OCoLC)951507168
ISBN 9781108114394 (electronic bk.)
1108114393 (electronic bk.)
9781107279599
1107279593
9781107050594 (hardback)
1107050596 (hardback)
9781107646131 (paperback)