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This cluster of papers explores the history of diplomacy, cross-cultural relations, and international interactions, focusing on early modern and medieval Europe. It delves into topics such as diplomatic culture, gift-giving, news networks, and the role of religion in shaping international relations. The papers also analyze the dynamics of cross-confessional diplomacy and the impact of cultural analysis on diplomatic history.

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Diplomacy; Early Modern; Cross-Confessional; International Relations; Cultural Analysis; Gift-giving; News Networks; Medieval Europe; Global Reach; Diplomatic Culture

Politics and Diplomacy in Early Modern Italy

2000-01-28

Daniela Frigo , Adrian Belton

This 2000 volume was the first attempt at a comparative reconstruction of the foreign policy and diplomacy of the major Italian states in the early modern period. The various contributions … This 2000 volume was the first attempt at a comparative reconstruction of the foreign policy and diplomacy of the major Italian states in the early modern period. The various contributions reveal the instruments and forms of foreign relations in the Italian peninsula. They also show a range of different case-studies and models which share the values and political concepts of the cultural context of diplomatic practice in the ancien régime. While Venice, the Papal States, the duchy of Savoy, Florence (later the duchy of Tuscany), Mantua, Modena, and later the kingdom of Naples may be considered minor states in the broader European context, their diplomatic activity was equal to that of the major powers. This reconstruction of their ambassadors, their secretaries, and their ceremonies offers a fascinating interpretation of the political history of early modern Italy.

The Growth of Political Stability in England 1675–1725

1967-01-01

J. H. Plumb

A New Light upon Hendrik van Deventer (1651–1724): Identification and Recovery of a Portrait

1997-10-01

R.M.F. van der Weiden , Willem Jan Hoogsteder

textabstractEarly in 1996, both the artist and the patron of a beautifully painted portrait by an anonymous painter of the late seventeenth century were identified. The painting (Figure 1) was … textabstractEarly in 1996, both the artist and the patron of a beautifully painted portrait by an anonymous painter of the late seventeenth century were identified. The painting (Figure 1) was compared with works by other portraitists, and a thorough stylistic analysis by the Netherlands Institute for Art History finally showed that the portrait displays all the characteristics of a painting by Thomas van der Wilt (1659- 1733)1. In the autumn of that year the painting was restored and the signature and the date (1700) were recovered. This proved that the maker of the portrait was indeed Thomas van der Wilt.

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The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America. By Philip A. Klinker, with Rogers M. Smith (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1999) 417 pp. $32.50

2001-01-01

Peter I. Rose

January 01 2001 The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America. By Philip A.Klinker, … January 01 2001 The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America. By Philip A.Klinker, with Rogers M.Smith (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1999) 417 pp. $32.50 Peter I. Rose Peter I. Rose Smith College Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Peter I. Rose Smith College Online Issn: 1530-9169 Print Issn: 0022-1953 © 2000 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2000 The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (2001) 31 (3): 472–474. https://doi.org/10.1162/jinh.2001.31.3.472 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Peter I. Rose; The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 2001; 31 (3): 472–474. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/jinh.2001.31.3.472 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsThe Journal of Interdisciplinary History Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2000 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2000 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Laocoön: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry (1766)

2002-12-12

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

The first who likened painting and poetry to each other must have been a man of delicate perception, who found that both arts affected him in a similar manner. Both, … The first who likened painting and poetry to each other must have been a man of delicate perception, who found that both arts affected him in a similar manner. Both, he realized, present to us appearance as reality, absent things as present; both deceive, and the deceit of either is pleasing.

Augustus, Prinzeps und Monarch

1982-01-01

Dietmar Kienast

The moment of self-portraiture in German Renaissance art

1994-02-01

Joseph Leo Koerner

In this groundbreaking and elegantly written study, Joseph Koerner establishes the character of Renaissance art in Germany. Opening up newmodes of inquiry for historians of art and early modern Europe, … In this groundbreaking and elegantly written study, Joseph Koerner establishes the character of Renaissance art in Germany. Opening up newmodes of inquiry for historians of art and early modern Europe, Koerner examines how artists such as Albrecht Durer and Hans Baldung Grien reflected in their masterworks the changing status of the self in sixteenth-century Germany. [A] dazzling book. . . . He has turned out one of the most powerful, aswell as one of the most ambitious, art-historical works of the last decade. Anthony Grafton, New Republic Rich and splendid. . . . Joseph Koerner's book is a dazzling display of scholarship, enfolding Durer's artistic achievement within the broader issues of self and salvation, and like [Durer's] great Self-Portrait it holds up a mirror to the modern fable of identity. Bruce Boucher, The Times Remarkable and densely argued. Marcia Pointon, British of Aesthetics Herculean and brilliant. . . . Will echo in fields beyond the Sixteenth-Century and Art History. Larry Silver, Sixteenth Century Journal May be the most ambitious of recent American reflections on the mysteries of German art. His elegantly written book deals with the fateful period in the history of German art when it reached its highest point. . . . Offers deeper and more disturbing insights into German Renaissance art than most earlier scholarship. Willibald Sauerlander, New York Review of Books

Music in Late Medieval Bruges

1986-01-01

Claire Maître , Reinhard Strohm

Although the musical achievements of the Franco-Flemish school have attracted many writers, this book is the first to show how the artists and composers of Bruges worked side by side … Although the musical achievements of the Franco-Flemish school have attracted many writers, this book is the first to show how the artists and composers of Bruges worked side by side to shape their acoustic and visual environment and to express their fellow citizens' spiritual needs in art. By combining the methods of modern musicology and those of local historiography, Strohm vividly recreates the music of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Flanders in its socio-economic context, from the pageants and minstrelsy of the court to popular entertainments and the earliest public concerts.

The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Communications and Cultural Transformations in Early-Modern Europe

1985-01-01

Sean O'Driscoll , Elisabeth L. Eisenstein

Sounds of the city: the soundscape of early modern European towns

2003-05-01

David Garrioch

In European towns of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the sounds people heard were very different from those of today. Yet the difference goes much deeper: whereas today we … In European towns of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the sounds people heard were very different from those of today. Yet the difference goes much deeper: whereas today we try to escape city noise, for the inhabitants of early modern towns sound served as a crucial source of information. It formed a semiotic system, conveying news, helping people to locate themselves in time and in space, and making them part of an ‘auditory community’. Sound helped to construct identity and to structure relationships. The evolution of this information system reflects changes in social and political organization and in attitudes towards time and urban space.

The Social World of Batavia: European and Eurasian in Dutch Asia

1985-02-01

Robert Van Niel , Jean Gelman Taylor

The Beginnings of the English Newspaper, 1620-1660

1961-12-31

Joseph Frank

The Consolidated Treaty Series (1648–1918)

1969-10-01

Clive Parry

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:Identity, Interest and Action: A Cultural Explanation of Sweden's Intervention in the Thirty Years' War

1999-12-01

Erik Ringmar

Identity, interest and action : a cultural explanation of Sweden's intervention in the Thirty Years War Identity, interest and action : a cultural explanation of Sweden's intervention in the Thirty Years War

The Return to Camelot: Chivalry and the English Gentleman

1982-10-01

George P. Landow , Mark Girouard

Music and Society in Early Modern England

2011-11-03

Penelope Gouk

Dances with microscopes: antoni van leeuwenhoek (1632–1723)

1995-08-01

Ali Khattab

Essays in Swedish History.

1968-08-01

J. W. Stoye , Michael Roberts

The acoustic world of early modern England: attending to the O-factor

1999-11-01

Bruce R. Smith , Alan H. Nelson

We know how a Shakespeare play sounds when performed today, but what would listeners have heard within the wooden O of the Globe Theater in 1599? What sounds would have … We know how a Shakespeare play sounds when performed today, but what would listeners have heard within the wooden O of the Globe Theater in 1599? What sounds would have filled the air in early modern England, and what would these sounds have meant to people in that largely oral culture? In this journey into the sound-worlds of Shakespeare's contemporaries, Bruce R. Smith explores both the physical aspects of human speech (ears, lungs, tongue) and the surrounding environment (buildings, landscape, climate), as well as social and political structures. Drawing on a range of evidence, he crafts a historical phenomenology of sound, from reconstructions of the soundscapes of city, country, and court to accounts of the acoustic properties of the Globe and Blackfriars theatres and how scripts designed for the two spaces exploited sound very differently.

Renaissance: Studies in Honor of Hans Baron

1973-02-01

Lauro Martines , Anthony Molho , John Tedeschi

Nicholas Culpeper and His Books

1962-01-01

F. N. L. Poynter

Listening in Paris: A Cultural History.

1995-09-01

Richard Butsch , James H. Johnson

Beginning with the simple question, 'Why did audiences grow silent?' Listening in Paris gives a spectator's-eye view of opera and concert life from the Old Regime to the Romantic era, … Beginning with the simple question, 'Why did audiences grow silent?' Listening in Paris gives a spectator's-eye view of opera and concert life from the Old Regime to the Romantic era, describing the transformation in musical experience from social event to profound aesthetic encounter. James H. Johnson recreates the experience of audiences during these rich decades with brio and wit. Woven into the narrative is an analysis of the political, musical, and aesthetic factors that produced more engaged listening. Johnson shows the gradual pacification of audiences from loud and unruly listeners to the attentive public we know today. Drawing from a wide range of sources - novels, memoirs, police files, personal correspondence, newspaper reviews, architectural plans, and the like - Johnson brings the performances to life: the hubbub of eighteenth-century opera, the exuberance of Revolutionary audiences, Napoleon's musical authoritarianism, the bourgeoisie's polite consideration. He singles out the music of Gluck, Haydn, Rossini, and Beethoven as especially important in forging new ways of hearing. This book's theoretical edge will appeal to cultural and intellectual historians in many fields and periods.

The Emancipation of Music From Language: Departure From Mimesis in Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics.

1987-01-01

William Weber , John Neubauer

The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Communications and Cultural Transformations in Early-Modern Europe

1979-10-01

Carolyn Marvin , Elizabeth L. Eisenstein

The Political Objectives of Gustavus Adolphus in Germany

1957-01-01

Michael J. Roberts

The motives which impelled Gustav Adolf to invade Pomerania in June 1630, and the political objectives at which he aimed in the following two-and-a-half years, were once among the classic … The motives which impelled Gustav Adolf to invade Pomerania in June 1630, and the political objectives at which he aimed in the following two-and-a-half years, were once among the classic battlegrounds of German—and, to a less conspicuous extent, of Swedish—historiography. Since about 1920 the debate has noticeably flagged. Historians have in general been content to take their stand upon positions established by the researches of Bertil Boëthius and Nils Ahnlund. No recent book on the subject has served to keep controversy alive, as the parallel controversy about Wallenstein was reanimated during the inter-war years by the works of Srbik and Pekař; and little new material of any consequence has latterly been made available.

The Material Letter in Early Modern England

2012-01-01

James Daybell

Electricity in the 17th and 18th Centuries

1979-12-31

J. L. Heilbron

Rhetoric and the writing of history, 400-1500

2012-04-01

Gustavus Adolphus: A History of Sweden, 1611-1632

1959-04-01

Heinz E. Ellersieck , Michael S. Roberts

Cheap print and popular piety, 1550-1640

1992-04-01

Allgemeine Meereskunde

1957-09-01

N. B. Marshall , Günter Dietrich , Kurt Kalle

Reading the early modern passions: essays in the cultural history of emotion

2005-04-01

The Prince and the Law, 1200–1600

1993-12-31

Kenneth Pennington

The power of the prince versus the rights of his subjects is one of the basic struggles in the history of law and government. In this masterful history of monarchy, … The power of the prince versus the rights of his subjects is one of the basic struggles in the history of law and government. In this masterful history of monarchy, conceptions of law, and due process, Kenneth Pennington addresses that struggle and opens an entirely new vista in the study of Western legal tradition. Pennington investigates legal interpretations of the monarch's power from the twelfth to the seventeenth century. Then, tracing the evolution of defendants' rights, he demonstrates that the origins of due process are not rooted in English common law as is generally assumed. It was not a sturdy Anglo-Saxon, but, most probably, a French jurist of the late thirteenth century who wrote, "A man is innocent until proven guilty." This is the first book to examine in detail the origins of our concept of due process. It also reveals a fascinating paradox: while a theory of individual rights was evolving, so, too, was the concept of the prince's "absolute power." Pennington illuminates this paradox with a clarity that will greatly interest students of political theory as well as legal historians.

The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall, 1477-1806.

1996-12-01

William H. TeBrake , Jonathan Israël

The Dutch republic: its rise, greatness, and fall, 1477-1806

1995-10-01

Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe

1979-10-01

Howard M. Solomona , Peter Burke

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Hearing history: a reader

2005-03-01

Mark M. Smith

Hearing History is a long-needed introduction to the basic tenets of what is variously termed historical acoustemology, auditory culture, or aural history. Gathering twenty-one of the field's most important writings, … Hearing History is a long-needed introduction to the basic tenets of what is variously termed historical acoustemology, auditory culture, or aural history. Gathering twenty-one of the field's most important writings, this volume will deepen and broaden our understanding of changing perceptions of sound and hearing and the ongoing education of our senses. The essays stimulate thinking on key questions: What is aural history? Why has vision tended to triumph over hearing in historical accounts? How might we begin to reclaim the sounds of the past? With theoretical and practical essays on the history of sound and hearing in Europe and the United States, the book draws on historical approaches ranging from empiricism to postmodernism. Some essays show the historian of technology at work, others highlight how military, social, intellectual, and cultural historians have tackled historical acoustemologies. Investigating soundscapes that include a Puritan meetinghouse in colonial New England, the belfries of a French village at the close of the Old Regime, the court hall of Elizabeth I, and a Civil War battlefield, the essays vary just as widely in their topics.

Music and German National Identity

2003-01-01

Elmar Juchem , Celia Applegate , Pamela M. Potter

Is it merely a coincidence that three Bs of classical music - Bach, Beethoven, Brahms - are all German composers? Why do concert halls all over world feature mostly works … Is it merely a coincidence that three Bs of classical music - Bach, Beethoven, Brahms - are all German composers? Why do concert halls all over world feature mostly works of German and Austrian composers as their standard repertoire? Over past three centuries, supporters of German music ranging from music scholars to politicians have nurtured notion that German-speaking world possesses a peculiar strength in cultivation of music. This book explores questions of how music came to be associated with German identity, when and how Germans came to be regarded as people of and how music came to be designated as the most German art. Drawing on expertise of leading scholars in German history, musicology, and German literature, essays assembled here examine philosophy, literature, politics, and social currents, as well as creation and performance of folk music, art music, church music, jazz, and pop to explore ways in which music has continued to play a central role in German national imagination and in shaping German identity.

Jernverk som håndverksmessige, naturvitenskapelige og kulturelle kunnskapssteder: Eksempelet Båseland og Næs 1665–1884

2025-06-25

Frank Meyer | Heimen

What is a diplomat?

2025-06-24

Nicholas Westcott | Routledge eBooks

The empire under the Salians and Staufen

2025-06-24

Thomas McCarthy | Manchester University Press eBooks

2. French Opera

2025-06-23

Marie Buscatto , Soline Helbert , Ionela Roharik | Open Book Publishers

In the years following the 2017 #MeToo movement, the French classical music world has experienced a huge social media increase of testimonies and discussions related to gender-based violence. In August … In the years following the 2017 #MeToo movement, the French classical music world has experienced a huge social media increase of testimonies and discussions related to gender-based violence. In August 2020, a storm broke over the professional world of opera: French soprano Chloé Briot announced in La Lettre du Musicien that she had lodged a complaint against a fellow singer, whom she accused of sexually assaulting her on stage during a performance of The Flood, declaring that she wanted to ‘put an end to the law of silence’. The information was immediately relayed and discussed in various media outlets, as evidenced by Clément Buzalka’s lengthy column on the France Musique radio website dated August 21, 2020. At the time no other victim had publicly denounced any wrongdoing, but in private conversations it was a hot topic. Although the complaint was dismissed on September 19, 2022, it did raise a number of questions. Are sexual assaults commonplace in the opera world? Are they symptomatic of a wider sexist pattern in this profession? Can we really speak of a “law of silence”? If so, what are the risks for those who report sexual violence and/or sexist acts? Is the world of opera one that is conducive to gender-based violence against female opera singers? Those questions were at the basis of a study conducted in France in 2020 by means of questionnaires and qualitative interviews. This chapter examines the social conditions that produced the different forms of gender-based violence reported by the study’s research participants and identifies the structural foundations underpinning both the ubiquitous nature of gender-based violence and the underreporting of these acts in the French operatic world.

Copying Peter Paul Rubens: Religious painting after prints in Norway (1630-1650)

2025-06-20

Charlotta Krispinsson | Oud Holland - Journal for Art of the Low Countries

Marius Timmann Mjaaland, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Dag O. Hessen (red.): Antropocen: Menneskets tidsalder Marius TimmannMjaalandThomas HyllandEriksenDag O.Hessen (red.)Antropocen: Menneskets tidsalderOslo: Res Publika, 2024ISBN: 9788282263016

2025-06-19

Jan-Olav Henriksen | Kirke og Kultur

7. Die Schlacht bei Lützen

2025-06-19

| Geschichtstheorie

2. Die Geschichte des Theatrum Europaeum

2025-06-19

| Geschichtstheorie

6. Der Komet von 1618

2025-06-19

| Geschichtstheorie

Die Situation des Klangs – Grundlagen einer Kulturgeschichte des Hörens

2025-06-17

Holger Schulze | De Gruyter eBooks

Epistemologie des Sonischen und Medienarchäologie des Akustischen

2025-06-17

Wolfgang Ernst | De Gruyter eBooks

savoyische Einwanderung nach dem alemannisch-schwäbischen Wirtschaftsraum

2025-06-16

Ernst Hirsch | Schwäbische Heimat

Musik als missionarisches Medium in den Erweckungsbewegungen des 19. Jahrhunderts

2025-06-15

Erik Dremel | Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht eBooks

1800-talets kolerapandemier

2025-06-12

Holger Weiss | Ennen ja nyt Historian tietosanomat

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Una aproximación a la trayectoria familiar de la “dama privada de la Reina”, María Sidonia Riederer von Paar, al servicio de la Casa de Austria

2025-06-10

Emily Deelen Porta | Arenal Revista de historia de las mujeres

El estudio de las Casas Reales como espacios de integración y sociabilidad de las élites está en auge. Para nuestro caso, y dejando de lado el más conocidoanálisis de la … El estudio de las Casas Reales como espacios de integración y sociabilidad de las élites está en auge. Para nuestro caso, y dejando de lado el más conocidoanálisis de la Casa de la reina Margarita de Austria como escenario controlado únicamente por el valido del rey, la figura de María Sidonia resulta paradigmáticaa la hora de ahondar en la capacidad de proyección social de las élites extranjeras al servicio de la Monarquía Hispánica. Sin ignorar su papel dentro de la agencia femenina de la soberana, nuestras investigaciones en torno a la dama predilecta se centran en esta ocasión en los beneficios obtenidos por ésta en planos diferenciados, pues permiten reflexionar en torno a cuestiones como la existencia de una red nobiliaria sensible a los intereses hispánicos de carácter transnacional o en torno a las estrategias de las élites por perennizar sus posiciones al servicio de la Corona hispánica.

Lensherrene 1536–1660

2025-06-06

Øystein Rian | Historisk tidsskrift

«Lappen i sin pæsk, paa sine ski, med sine rensdyr endnu halvt hedensk»

2025-06-06

Beatrice G. Reed | Edda

Nye perspektiver på lensherrene

2025-06-06

Gunnar W. Knutsen | Historisk tidsskrift

En oversett type lensherrevikar

2025-06-06

Haakon Hegsvold Sørlie | Historisk tidsskrift

„Ausgestellt auf Befehl der Majestät des Kaisers“ – Der Skandal um das Porträt Wilhelm II. 1893

2025-06-02

| De Gruyter eBooks

:Printing and Misprinting: A Companion to Mistakes and In-House Corrections in Renaissance Europe (1450–1650)

2025-06-01

Cait Coker | The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America

Jerome Gorsey's essays on Moscovia: diplomatic reports or encyclopedic writings?

2025-06-01

Maksum Ravilevich Samigulin | Genesis исторические исследования

The subject of the research is the political views of English diplomats and travelers on Muscovy in the 16th century. The focus of the study is on Jerome Gorsey's perspectives … The subject of the research is the political views of English diplomats and travelers on Muscovy in the 16th century. The focus of the study is on Jerome Gorsey's perspectives on Muscovy, as reflected in his travel notes. In these notes, the author departs from the descriptive and encyclopedic nature typical of English travelers' accounts, opting for a narrative approach with detailed descriptions not only of the geography and everyday life of the inhabitants of the Muscovite state but also of the political activities of its rulers. The aim of this work is to examine "The Travels of Jerome Gorsey" in a broader context of political writings from his era. The search for similarities between Gorsey's political language and that of political figures during the Elizabethan era will help to understand the reasons behind the characteristics given to Muscovy and the merchant's particular attention to the activities of Moscow rulers. The work relies on the methodology of the Cambridge School for the study of political languages in the Early Modern Period, whose key method involves examining historical sources in the broad context of contemporary writings and identifying recurring linguistic markers. The main conclusions of the conducted research indicate that Gorsey's writings on Muscovy should be viewed not only as a form of accountability to the Privy Council and one of many travel accounts but also in conjunction with the political pamphlets and chronicles of his time. The study of Jerome Gorsey's political language will help to better understand the features of communication between English diplomats and the state elite of Britain, particularly the members of the Privy Council, to whom the representative of the Muscovy Company addresses at the beginning of "The Travels." Moreover, "The Travels of Jerome Gorsey" should be seen not as precise descriptions of diplomatic and trade activities in Muscovy, but rather as one of the means of transmitting the political ideas of the English elites, whose influence the diplomat experienced.