Gigliola Fragnito

Daniela Frigo

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 Structure of Diplomatic Practice, 1450-1800

Politics and Diplomacy in Early Modern Italy

Cesare Mozzarelli

Robert Oresko

2001 essay collection on the Italian Church's attempt to control and censor 'knowledge' during the counter-Reformation.

Church, Censorship and Culture in Early Modern Italy

la letteratura italiana sotto gli occhi dei censori : secoli XV-XVII

Rinascimento perduto

Beccadelli, Della Casa, Vettori alle origini di un mito

Memoria individuale e costruzione biografica

Gigliola Fragnito

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