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Handbook on Early Modern European Diplomacy
published at DeGruyter:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110672008

editors: https://scholar.social/@dorotheegoetze & https://historians.social/@LenaOetzel

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14 Maria A. Petrova: The Diplomatic Service in Early Modern Russia

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110672008-014

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Although it is already Friday, we do not want to conclude this week without introducing another chapter.

The next author to enter the stage is Maria Petrova who is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of World History at the Russian Academy of Sciences:

https://igh.ru/employees/101?locale=en

Having published broadly on Russian towards Austria and the Holy Roman Empire, Petrova is one of the leading experts in the field. See e.g. her study on the appearance of Russian at the Imperial Diet in Regensburg (2/4)

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1549 is considered the foundation date of the Russian foreign office, but until the 18th century Russian tsars preferred to permanent diplomatic representatives abroad. Major reforms were only introduced under the reign of Tsar Peter I.

However, a change in attitude towards foreign already followed the dynastical change in the 1610s: restrictions were eased. Moreover, the tsar began to welcome permanent representatives from other territories and to establish permanent diplomats himself. (3/4)

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By intensifying interaction with other #courts and rulers, Russian #diplomats became cultural brokers who contributed to the transfer of people, objects and ideas from Europe to Russia.

Petrova argues that the introduction of the European diplomatic rank system and ceremonial was aimed more at demonstrating the superiority of Russian rulers than at creating equal relations with other powers. (4/4)

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13 Stefanie Freyer/David Gehring: Evolution and Revolution in British Diplomacy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110672008-013 (1/6)

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We continue introducing our great authors to you. Please welcome our next writing couple, Stefanie Freyer and David Gehring! Freyer works as research officer at Klassik Stiftung Weimar. Her research focuses on , history and of . In 2020 she published an anthology on strategies of knowledge in :

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110625431/html

Freyer’s current research project focuses on relations between and the between 1590 and 1625. So, who could be better suited to contribute with an article on English diplomacy to the handbook? (2/2)


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But she is not alone! With David Gehring at University of Notthingham, who is an expert on , she found the perfect partner in writing. Gehring’s special interest on 's relations with the Protestant territories of the and is also reflected in his publications:

https://www.cambridge.org/jm/academic/subjects/history/british-history-after-1450/diplomatic-intelligence-holy-roman-empire-and-denmark-during-reigns-elizabeth-i-and-james-vi-three-treatises

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In their article, Freyer and Gehring provide us with an overview over how #English and #British #emdiplomacy developed from the 16th to the 18th century. Traditionally, research stressed #England’s diplomatic relations with #Spain and #France. With a broader understanding of English interests coming to the fore, the research focus widened accordingly.

#Scotland and England followed their own diplomatic agendas in the 16th century, exercising #diplomacy in different ways and with different partners. However, this included also each other with intensive diplomatic contacts in the 1530s and 1540s as well as the 1560s and 1570s. The #UnionoOfTheCrown in 1603 changed the preconditions for English and Scottish diplomacy according to Freyer and Gehring, as England became dominant for foreign relations, although in theory Scottish diplomacy could have run alongside the English. (4/6)

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in a narrow sense first existed from the 18th century onwards, after the in 1707.
During the 17th century British diplomatic activities expanded and British were considered to conduct ad hoc diplomatic negotiations at foreign , although lacking clearly defined professional boundaries and assignments or institutional structures. At the same time, British commenced building networks of resident and agents who among other tasks gathered information, shaped amicable relations to their hosts and represented and protected British commercial interests. (5/6)

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18th century #British #emdiplomacy faced self-made hurdles. The personnel for example were British upper classes who could meet the requirements for ceremonial knowledge, but were not trained in international relations or the duties of #emdiplomats in particular. Thus, while European #diplomacy became increasingly professionalised, British diplomacy remained stuck in an increasingly outmoded understanding of ceremonial and social capital. (6/6)

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12 Helmer Helmers/Nina Lamal: Dutch Diplomacy in the Seventeenth Century: An Introduction

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110672008-012 (1/5)

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Here we go again! It is our great pleasure to introduce to you two of our wonderful authors: @helmer and @NinaLamal both of them very well know to the -community .They are both part of the print team at the Dutch Academy of Sciences, with Helmers being the project leader. Here they are looking for the role of the public and especially the importance of print for diplomacy. Both published extensively on and on Dutch political culture, e.g., Helmers's article on public diplomacy in the Republic.

https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117X.2021.1924988

Lamall co-edited a special issue in The Seventeenth Century Journal on public and cultural diplomacy in Europe together with Klaas van Gelder

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsev20/36/3. (2/5)


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So who would be better to write the article on the development of than these two!?! This is a particular challenge, not only because there’s an astonishing lack of overviews on Dutch diplomacy, but also because Dutch diplomacy held a peculiar position in international relations. Being a young republic its rise within the international system seems astounding, while at the same time giving the Dutch a special status, being a republic among all these monarchies. The federal nature of the Dutch republic was not only irritating to foreign monarchical powers, but also complicated the organisation of , a topic that is far too often ignored by modern research, though @helmer and @NinaLamal stress its importance for Dutch . (3/5)

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One central problem that resulted from the federal nature of the republic was secrecy: How could one keep a secret with so many actors involved? This was almost a mission impossible, although one tried several measures such as an oath of secrecy to deal with the problem.

When dealing with Dutch you inevitably come across two other big issues: the Protestant character of Dutch and the importance of trade and commercial interests. For @helmers_h and @NinaLamal these are not contradictory interests. However, they argue that “commerce, geopolitics, and protestantism were perfectly reconcilable”. (4/5)

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Finally, @helmer and @NinaLamal argue that it is important to analyse #Dutch #emdiplomacy not only in its European context, but in its global dimension. The East India Company (#VOC) and its growing importance in #Asia played an important role in the rise of the Dutch republic. Unfortunately, both dimesions – the European and the global one – are far too often dealt seperately with by modern research. A problem that is generally true for research on #earlymodern diplomacy.

This leads to an overarching problem of how to competently connect national, European and global perspectives on diplomacy without blurring the focus. A question to be discussed elsewhere. (5/5)

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