Russia and courtly Europe : ritual and the culture of diplomacy, 1648-1725 /

"In this new book on early modern diplomacy, Jan Hennings explores the relationship between European powers and Russia beyond the conventional East-West divide from the Peace of Westphalia to the reign of Peter the Great. He examines how, at a moment of new departure in both Europe and Russia,...

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Main Author: Hennings, Jan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Series:New studies in European history.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Barbaric ceremonies? : Russia's places in early modern diplomacy
  • Facts and fictions : the organisation of diplomatic practice
  • Through the prism of ritual : Anglo-Russian encounters in the seventeenth century
  • Stage and audience : the Russian Grand Embassy to Vienna in 1698 and Peter I visit to Paris in 1717
  • From insult to imperator : changes and continuities in the reign of Peter I.