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In order to analyse the diplomatic activities of the members of the #emdiplomat’s household, research has to shift focus with regard to #emdiplomacysSources. It is not enough to evaluate diplomatic file material, which rarely mentions these individuals. Instead, research must increasingly resort to first person documents. (10/10)
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Of course #emdiplomats and #emdiplomacysSources played an important part in these discussions. Firstly, they often acted as cultural brokers, as they collected and obtained special objects, delicacies and other luxury goods for their rulers. For our #handbook Elisabeth Natour talked about the relationship between art and diplomacy and the role of #emdiplomats as cultural brokers. (2/7)
We are well informed on Lauck’s journey to #Augsburg and his stay and activities at the #ImperialDiet in 1582 due to his diary, a unique source which provides insights not only in traveling activities as well as the work and duties of a princely representative at a diet. Moreover, we can take part of Lauck’s every day-life, thinking and perception of the world. For more information see:
Maximilian Lanzinner, Warten auf den Reichstag. Lebenswelt und politische Kommunikation des hessischen Gesandten Dr. David Lauck im Jahr 1582, in: Michael Rohrschneider / Arno Strohmeyer, Hg., Bayern – Heiliges Römisches Reich – Friedensstiftung. Ausgewählte Abhandlungen zur frühneuzeitlichen Geschichte, Münster 2023, 283–310. (4/4)
#emdiplomacy #HRE #NewDiplomaticHistory #Hesse #emdiplomacysSources #history #histodons
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Only a few months after this pompous celebration Etherge was recalled from Regensburg and ordered to go to France due to his loyalty to king James II where he died in 1692.
If you want to know about George Etherege and how he received his time at the Imperial Diet for example, you can trace his thoughts in his letterbooks which were edited in two editions by Sibyl Rosenfeld in 1928 and Frederick Bracher in 1992. (4/4)
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We don’t have a portrait of Thomas Baker, but he have his diplomatic diary Thomas Baker. Here he described his activities in great detail, often also complaining, about the hardships of his life as a consul. The purpose of this diary is not quite clear: was it for his private use only, or had it an official function. For modern historians it is a fascinating source that gives insights into an #emdiplomats life.
Luckily there’s an edition of the diary, so you can get to know Thomas Baker yourself. (3/3)
https://archive.org/details/piracydiplomacyi0000bake/mode/2up
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Such accounts as Mehmed Said’s Sefaretname are important #emdiplomacysSources, especially for all interested in process of cultural transfer, as they help to counter the Eurocentric perspective of #diplomaticHistory.
If you want to learn more about Mehmed Said’s travel to Sweden we recommend the study of Joachim Östlund Vid världens ände (in Swedish)
https://nordicacademicpress.se/product/vid-varldens-ande/
If you don’t read Swedish, you can have a look at Östlund’s #handbook article, where he gives you a few glimpses to Mehmed Said’s accounts. (3/3)
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110672008-039
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Barbaro’s work was one of the first to focus on permanent #emdiplomacy instead of ad-hoc diplomacy. In the discourse on #emdiplomacy in the following centuries his treatise held a central position being referred to again and again.
If you are now curious, there’s a new translation into English. (4/4)
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Gentz is a fascinating #emdiplomat, because he was also very interested in philosophy and political writings, having continuously published in both fields. Moreover, he had a very large correspondence network, exchanging letters with lots of very different people from different ranks and geographical regions, ranging from Bombay to Sweden and North Africa to St Petersburg. Parts of these letters can be accessed today thanks to the digital project Gentz digital. (3/3)
Last semester I had an #emdiplomacy class. The students had to prepare posts for our institute's Instagram account introducing their #emdiplomacysSources to a wider audience. Now they are published and they are great. I'm so proud of their work. We had so much fun discussing #emdiplomacy, complaining diplomats and the #earlymodern gossip girl!(1/x)
This is the introduction by the tutor Lisa Geigenberger (in German)
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-aQNDgtO5z/?igsh=MXB4eHg0ZXV1bWJkNg==
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In his #handbook article Işıksel gives an overview on Ottoman adminstration concerned with diplomatic affairs and Ottoman #emdiplomacysSources, thus giving us insights into the functioning of #emdiplomacy.
He thereby stresses that there’s still much research to do, especially with regard to Ottoman #emdiplomats, their social backgrounds and their education.
Işıksel further explores the spheres of diplomatic activities of the Ottoman Empire: missions abroad, Istanbul as a central hub for #emdiplomacy and its involvement in congress diplomacy.
He finally argues that we should be careful not see the Ottoman Empire as a passive actor that was slowly integrated into European #emdiplomacy. Instead these processes were complex and multidimensional with the Ottomans adapting things according to their own ideas. (7/7)
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The Ottoman Empire is an important actor in #emdiplomacy. Many European researchers look at the relations of different European countries to the Ottoman Empire. But these accounts are often onesided, as they lack the required language skills. Therefore, we are very happy to have found an expert who can take on the Ottoman perspective! (4/7)
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Alexander Koller is deputy director at the DHI Rome and we couldn’t have found anyone more suitable to write the article on papal #diplomacy for the #handbook. He has published extensively on Italian and German relations in the 16th and 17th c. His special interest being the papacy. He even edited two volumes of the reports of the nuncios.
http://dhi-roma.it/index.php?id=nuntiaturberichte&L=24 (2/6)
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#emdiplomacyAdventCalendar (18/24)
It is the season for mulled wine. The negative side effects of too much alcohol are well described in #emdiplomacysSources as this example shows: The drunken staff of Swedish ambassador Oxenstierna at the #WestphalianPeaceCongress dislocated a horse’s leg.
Acta Pacis Westphalicae III C 4: Diarium Lamberg: 1645-1649: https://apw.digitale-sammlungen.de/search/display.html?fuzzy=true&q=schenkelwurz&mode=comfort&id=bsb00056736_00095_dok0236
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#emdiplomacyAdventCalendar (14/24)
Episodes like this from yesterday’s #emdiplomacyAdventCalendar (https://hcommons.social/@emdiplomacy/111572062202107760) are to be found in plenty in #emdiplomacysSources. Here you will find an overview over digital source collections:
https://twitter.com/emdiplomacy/status/1444940222609887238
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#Introduction: #Panda meets #Platypus! @emdiplomacy has moved mastodon instance, therefore, we post our introduction again:
This account is all about #earlymodern #diplomacy. We toot about the ups and downs of editing a #handbook on #emdiplomacy & give insights into the #LifeOfTheEditors. We introduce our great authors, reveil #emdiplomacysSecrets, present #emdiplomacysFaces & discuss #emdiplomacysSources.
We share reading recommendations & #emdiplomacy related research. We love to connect (with) #researchers & histodons from the field of #emdiplomacy. And there will also be some #Pandas, of course.
#EmdiplomacysSources show what a lengthy act peace signing was. We commemorate the conclusion of the #PeaceOfWestphalia #OTD, but contemporaries were absolutely not sure when this treaty could be signed. Therefore, the conclusion of peace was ultimately a great surprise for them. 8/8
But there are also other sources, like (travel) diaries, newspapers, protocolls, treaties, negotiating files, court records, portraits, plays, etc. There is in fact a great variety of sources, even though we often focus on the letters.
Today, we want to introduce you to some online resources that give you an easy access to #emdiplomacysSources and thus #emdiplomacysSecrets. /2
We talk a lot of #emdiplomacysSecrets, but to discover them, we need to get to the sources. That’s where all the secrets are hidden.
Thus, today we want to talk about #emdiplomacysSources & especially the sources you can access online. #histodons
First of all, what sources do we use for discovering #emdiplomacy? #historikerinnen
Most important are of course diplomatic letters written by the diplomats to their home base & thereby reporting on their activities. #history /1
