Diplomatic Cultures at the Ottoman Court, c.1500-1630

ISBN-13: 9780367429324 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 286 str.

Tracey A. Sowerby; Christopher Markiewicz

Opis

This volume uncovers the diplomatic cultures of the Ottoman court in Constantinople as it emerged as the axial centre of early modern diplomacy in Eurasia by examining ceremonial protocol, diplomatic sociability, gift-giving, cultural exchange, information gathering, and para-diplomatic actors.

Spis treści

Introduction: Constantinople as a Centre of Diplomatic Culture  1 Persian Secretaries in the Making of an Anti-Safavid Diplomatic Discourse  2 Languages of Diplomatic Gift-Giving at the Ottoman Court  3 Art and Diplomacy: Pieter Coecke van Aelst’s 1533 Journey to Constantinople  4 Beyond Topkapı: Ottoman Diplomacy Through Venetian Eyes  5 The Foundation of Peace Oriented Foreign Policy in the Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Empire: Rüstem Pasha’s Vision of Diplomacy  6 The Benefits and Limits of Permanent Diplomacy: Austrian Habsburg Ambassadors and Ottoman-Spanish Diplomacy in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century  7 Without ‘conformitie of companie’: English Religious Identity and the Diplomatic Corps in Constantinople, 1578–97  8 The Trick and Traps of ad hoc Diplomacy: Polish Ambassadors’ Experiences of Ottoman Hospitality  9 Sociability and Ceremony: Diplomats at the Porte c.1550–1632