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Together Laufs and Wenzel tackle the important question of conflict management. How did #emdiplomats deal with conflicts? What practices were established?
Key to #earlymodern conflict management were mediation and arbitration as practices with a long tradition going back to the […]
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Often the agreed amounts were only paid out after the mission’s completion, and the travel and subsistence expenses, which were often agreed upon separately, were carefully checked and settled, and in some cases even refused.
For many #emdiplomats […]
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A problem, when it comes to researching the financial side of #emdiplomacy, is that the sources often are distorted as well as incomplete, because of separate budgets or because specific services were not paid for at all or in another way. Account books […]
Despite this importance of language, it is hardly discussed in treatises on early modern diplomacy. This is somewhat surprising, as it was helpful, if diplomats spoke different languages, as they did not have to rely too much on translators. This reduced the risk of misunderstandings and […]
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It is crucial to recognise that an #emdiplomat’s networks were not necessarily diplomatic in itself, as being an envoy or an ambassador was usually only a part of a courtly or administrative career. However, a diplomat stayed in foreign […]
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They argue that #clientelism had a key function in #earlymodern #diplomacy, as the #emdiplomats needed confidants and stable relations both at their home institutions and the place of #diplomatic action in order to fulfil their tasks […]
Famous graphic with a woman looking powerful. Beside her stands: #WomensHistoryMonth means fighting for democracy and academic freedom
It’s #WomensDay2025 and #WomensHistoryMonth. In the last years, we introduced you to female and non-male #emdiplomats or to #emdiplomacy research by female* historians.
This year, we feel the need to #standUpForScience and #democracy. Both are under thread – […]
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